Cuvier’s Beaked Whales, Ziphius cavirostris, are the second largest beaked whales in the Archipelago of the Azores. They are the record divers among

Depending on who you ask there are 22 or 23 species of beaked whale on Earth and if you look at a picture of any one of them it’s pretty easy to see where they got their common name. Beaked whales …

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Beaked Whales - medium-sized big group of whales with beaks that come in gray, mottled, black and multicolored.

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Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris). Range includes the coast of Connecticut.