Captain Obvious
04-14-2015, 09:52 AM
A previously thought-to-be extinct whale was discovered not to be extinct... yet.
The bad news...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3037922/Whale-feared-extinct-washes-Australian-waters-second-time-200-years.html
Whale that was feared to be extinct washes up on an Australian beach for only the second time in 200 years
The Omura's whale was discovered on a remote Exmouth beach in WA
It was washed up on the beach by Tropical Cyclone Olwyn
Authorities found it hard at first to identify the 5.68m juvenile female
However DNA profiling confirmed it was an Omura's whale
It is the first sighting of the species in WA and only the second in Australia
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/14/03/278A63D400000578-0-image-a-1_1428977330984.jpg
The bad news...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3037922/Whale-feared-extinct-washes-Australian-waters-second-time-200-years.html
Whale that was feared to be extinct washes up on an Australian beach for only the second time in 200 years
The Omura's whale was discovered on a remote Exmouth beach in WA
It was washed up on the beach by Tropical Cyclone Olwyn
Authorities found it hard at first to identify the 5.68m juvenile female
However DNA profiling confirmed it was an Omura's whale
It is the first sighting of the species in WA and only the second in Australia
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/14/03/278A63D400000578-0-image-a-1_1428977330984.jpg