During that time about 14 Cuvier's beaked whales stranded along the coast.

It is one of the few places where the beaked whales such as the Cuvier's beaked whale have been seen frequently.

He has led much of the recent research on beaked whales (and Cuvier's beaked whales in particular).

Cuvier's beaked whale may be one of the most common and abundant of the beaked whales, with a worldwide population likely well over 100,000.

Cuvier's beaked whale has a short beak in comparison with other species in its family, with a slightly bulbous melon.

Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale)

Ziphius cavirostris (Cuvier's Beaked Whale)

The overwhelming majority of the whales involved in sonar-associated beachings are Cuvier's Beaked Whales (Ziphius cavirostrus).

Another specimen claimed to be a tropical bottlenose whale, which washed up in South Africa in August 2002, is likely a misidentified Cuvier's beaked whale.

They were initially identified as Hector's beaked whale (Mesoplodon hectori), except for the most recent one, which was assumed to be a neonate Cuvier's beaked whale.

Ostend achieved a degree of national notability in June 2002 when a rare specimen of Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was stranded on its beach.

Cuvier's beaked whale or goose-beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris), the only member of the genus Ziphius, is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales.

The body of Cuvier's beaked whale is robust and cigar-shaped, similar to those of other beaked whales and can be difficult to distinguish from many of the mesoplodont whales at sea.

Cuvier's beaked whale feeds on several species of squid, including those in the families Cranchiidae, Onychoteuthidae, Brachioteuthidae, Enoploteuthidae, Octopoteuthidae and Histioteuthidae; they also prey on deep-sea fish.

Current research reveals two species of beaked whales are most affected by sonar: Cuvier's beaked whales (Z. cavirostris) and Blainville's (M. densirostris) beaked whales.

Humpback Whales, Fin Whales, North Pacific Right Whales, Blue Whales, White Whales, Cuvier's Beaked Whales, Stejneger's beaked whales, Short-Finned Pilot Whales can also be observed.

Baird's and Cuvier's beaked whales were subject to commercial exploitation, off the coast of Japan, while the Northern bottlenose whale was extensively hunted in the northern part of the North Atlantic late in the 19th and early in the 20th centuries.

As many as eight genera antedate humans Some included ancestors of giant beaked whales (Berardius), such as Microberardius and Cuvier's beaked whale (Ziphius) had many relatives, such as Caviziphius, Archaeoziphius, and Izikoziphius.

You could go to the ends of the earth without ever catching a glimpse of the reclusive, deep-diving Cuvier's beaked whale, but there is a sporting chance of seeing one, and up to 30 other species of cetacean (whale, dolphin and porpoise) relatively close to home.

For example, northern and southern bottlenose whales (H. ampullatus and H. planifrons), Cuvier's beaked whales and Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris) have a reported maximum group size of 20 individuals, with the average ranging from 2.5 to 3.5 individuals.

In 1996 twelve Cuvier's beaked whales beached themselves alive along the coast of Greece while NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) was testing an active sonar with combined low and mid-range frequency transducers, according to a paper published in the journal Nature in 1998.

Cuvier is commemorated in the naming of several animals; they include Cuvier's beaked whale (which he first thought to be extinct), Cuvier's Gazelle, Cuvier's toucan, Cuvier's Bichir, Galeocerdo cuvier (tiger shark), and Anolis cuvieri, a lizard from Puerto Rico.

Ostend achieved a degree of national notability in June 2002 when a rare specimen of Cuvier's Beaked Whale (Ziphius cavirostris) was stranded on its beach.