Every
cat is unique and, in the eyes of every 'pet parent', the most beautiful animal
to ever walk the earth. And that's just how it should be. But how do you
capture that spirit, that personality, that 'special something' about your animals
in a photograph that you'll always treasure? Well, the good news is that the
advent of affordable digital cameras has made it easier than ever…
The
world’s rarest whale has been seen for the first time after a mother and calf
were washed up on a beach in New Zealand.
Spade-toothed
beaked whales were first discovered in 1872 when bone fragments of the
then-unknown species were found on a remote Pacific island, but until now the
animals themselves have remained entirely hidden from human view.
In the
140 years since they were first discovered, the only sign that the creatures'
continued existence lay in two partial skulls found in New Zealand in the 1950s
and Chile in 1986.
Now
scientists have reported a complete description of the whales, which are
thought to spend most of their lives in the deep waters of the Pacific Ocean,
only rarely coming to the surface.
The
Mother and her male calf were stranded and died on Opape Beach at the northern
tip of New Zealand in December 2010 but were initially thought to be of a much
more common species known as Gray's beaked whales.
It was
only after routine DNA analysis that experts realised their true identity.
Source:telegraph
