Whale rare to North Island waters washes up on remote beach
May 16, 2025
Bryde’s whales are baleen whales are rarely seen in waters north of 35° latitude
"Initial photos suggested the whale was a Minke whale, but once on site, MERS confirmed — with the support of Bay Cetology, a cetacean research group based in Alert Bay — that the whale was in fact a young Bryde’s whale, a species rarely seen in these northern waters."
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