![🔥 The spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) is one of the rarest species of beaked whale in the world, and scientist have only had the chance to study a small number of these 🔥 The spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) is one of the rarest species of beaked whale in the world, and scientist have only had the chance to study a small number of these](https://i.redd.it/nqk0uq2q98e41.png)
🔥 The spade-toothed whale (Mesoplodon traversii) is one of the rarest species of beaked whale in the world, and scientist have only had the chance to study a small number of these
![Species New to Science: [Cetology • 2012] the World's Rarest Whale | Spade- toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon traversii • the First Complete Description of enigmatic marine mammal from the South Pacific Ocean Species New to Science: [Cetology • 2012] the World's Rarest Whale | Spade- toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon traversii • the First Complete Description of enigmatic marine mammal from the South Pacific Ocean](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-dVOhnyvinkI/UJoDtGlCQXI/AAAAAAAATKo/PhLd7pXP0vQ/s1600/Mesoplodon_traversii-whale.jpg)
Species New to Science: [Cetology • 2012] the World's Rarest Whale | Spade- toothed Beaked Whale Mesoplodon traversii • the First Complete Description of enigmatic marine mammal from the South Pacific Ocean
![For 150 years, no one had ever seen a full spade-toothed whale. Then two wash up on a beach. | Discover Magazine For 150 years, no one had ever seen a full spade-toothed whale. Then two wash up on a beach. | Discover Magazine](https://images.ctfassets.net/cnu0m8re1exe/2lfTalgzGxwHTXynJg8Oso/f1a6b6abd525f8dee69c0ea543b69577/Spade_toothed_whale.jpg?fm=jpg&fl=progressive&w=660&h=433&fit=pad)