The mother of the world's rarest whale died of stranding

Scientists confirmed that two whales were stranded and died at Opape Beach (North Island, New Zealand) in December 2010, the world's rarest whale.

Two stranded whales are mother and daughter. Mother whale is 5.3m long; The whale is 3.5 meters long. At first people thought this was a normal whale but then based on the shape and structure of the nose and fish teeth, the scientific community confirmed this is the rarest whale in the world.

Subsequent DNA analyzes reinforce the above argument. This is a routine analysis in a whale data collection program in New Zealand waters. The country is home to the most stranded whales in the world.

Whales are stranded and die at the coast of New Zealand - (Photo of enstarz.com)

The New Zealand Conservation Department also took pictures and collected samples of the mother and mother's whales. Marine biologist Rochelle Constantine at the University of Auckland announced: ' This is the first time this type of whale has been discovered in the prototype and we are even more fortunate to find two children . ' The whales' skulls have been collected from 140 years in New Zealand and Chile.

However, the team did not explain why the two whales were stranded this time. The above whale has not been discovered at the time of life, so scientists do not know about their behavior.

This study is published in the November 6 issue of Current Biology.