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World’s Rarest Whale Washes Up On New Zealand Beach
A spade-toothed whale, the world’s rarest whale species, has been found washed ashore on a beach in Otago, New Zealand, one of only six specimens to have ever been documented. While marine mammal strandings are relatively common in New Zealand – there are …