Does any one no anything about the Cuvier' s beaked Whale?

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Does any one no anything about the Cuvier' s beaked Whale?

Answer 1

Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius cavirostris[1] is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. It is the only member of the genus Ziphius. Another common name for the species is Goose-beaked Whale on account of the fact that its head is said to be shaped like the beak of a goose. In fact, sightings of this creature were interpreted, during the Middle Ages, as a monster with a fish's body and an owl's head. This marine mammal was first described by Georges Cuvier in 1823 from part of a skull found in France in 1804.

          But don't take my word for it, go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuvier's_Be... for some more information

Answer 2

-The existence of the whale was widely known from strandings sinces George's Cuvier described the first skeletons. Because of their nature (deep diving, short time on the surface, seldom venturing in close to shore) they were much less well known that many other species. The scientific name is Ziphius Cavirostrus.

-  They are known to strand individually fairly frequently. But mass strandings are very rare. After one of the most peculiar mass strandings ever record in May 12 and 13, 1996 a Greek zoologist, Alexandros Frantzis, spent months trying to form a theory. What was particularly puzzling was the pattern on the beach. They were unformly spread out with almost a mile between them.  suspected something that affected a large expanse of water. He found a notice to mariners after several months of looking that announced a sonar test being done that same week.

-  Realizing he had the potential to write a paper that would attract worldwide attention he wrote to the admiral at SACLANTCEN (a NATO research lab in Northern Italy) he requested as much information as possible about ship positions, times when the sonar was pinging, frequency, and ping duration as possible. The request was denied.

-  If he had seen the data he would have been very surprised. The correlation was far greater than he ever realized. The very first day the sonar was turned on, about six whales beached themselves within 3-4 hours. The boat was 15-20 miles from shore. The second day of testing, the identical results occurred. There were also some strandings for later test days. All Frantzis knew was that there was a test going on the same week.

-  If he had the data he would have had a much stronger case. Since the bodies were all gone and no necropsies were performed it was still circumstantial evidence. Nothing definitive could be established.

-  The other part of the data that he didn't have was that the sonar in question was transmitting low and mid frequencies simultaneously. The notice to mariners only called it a "low frequency active sonar" (LFAS). If he had known that data, he might have been more open to speculation.

-  Still, his letter in Nature (a very prestigous journal) published in March 1998 received worldwide attention.

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-  The much better known mass stranding occurred in the year 2000 during mid-frequency sonar tests in the Bahamas. Because it was ongoing the TV crews could fly over to the Bahamas and film the efforts.

Answer 3

http://www.acsonline.org/factpack/Cuvier...

This may help

Answer 4

Ziphius has been caring for the whale for many years

....have you seen it...if so please take care

...the fish is truely a monster fish with the head of an owl, and the beak of a goose

...eliciting fear in everyone who views the fish

...up to 7 meters and 2-3 metric tons

...IF you are cornered by such an animal, remember their only weakness is a sensitivity to noise, "SCREAM' and swim away