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Fewer than 100 of these giant whales make up a newly described species – Mongabay.com
For decades, scientists observed a puzzling group of whales in the Gulf of Mexico. The animals looked like Bryde’s whales — but not quite. They fed like Bryde’s…
- In January scientists announced the designation of a new whale species in the Gulf of Mexico they named Rice’s whale (Balaenoptera ricei).
- The team previously collected genetic samples of the whales but didn’t confirm the new species until they had a complete skeleton.
- Only between 33 and 100 individual members of the species exist, researchers estimate. The species is listed as endangered in the U.S.
- The Gulf of Mexico is fraught with many human-made threats to the whales survival, including dense…
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