However, the principal food source for the northern bottlenose whale is squid, not fish.

However, Northern Bottlenose whales are critical, 3 ratings from extinct.

Observations of northern bottlenose whales in the Norwegian Sea are rare.

Female northern bottlenose whales appear to form a loose network of social partners with no obvious long-term associations.

In contrast to females, some male northern bottlenose whales have been repeatedly recorded together over several years, and possibly form long-term associations.

Last year there were also sightings of the rare northern bottlenose whales, usually found around the Faroe Islands.

Northern bottlenose whale (critical)

Sexual maturity is reached between seven and 15 years of age in Baird's beaked whales and northern bottlenose whales.

It is home to a resident population of Northern Bottlenose Whale, Purple sunstarfish and deep-sea coral.

The Northern bottlenose whale is a species of the ziphiid family, one of two members of the Hyperoodon genus.

Other species are also killed on rare occasion such as the Northern bottlenose whale and Atlantic White-sided Dolphin.

The northern bottlenose whale also lives in the Scotian Shelf Waters area, in particular, the Gully.

Gestation varies greatly between species, lasting 17 months for Baird's beaked whales and 12 months for the northern bottlenose whale.

On 20 January 2006, a northern bottlenose whale was spotted in Central London in the River Thames.

It happened on 30 August 2012, when two Northern bottlenose whales swam ashore to the gorge Sigmundsgjógv in Sandvík.

Despite an all-out rescue effort, a 17-foot-long northern bottlenose whale that had strayed into the Thames in central London died Saturday, the rescue team said.

Other marine mammals studied by Whitehead's laboratory include beluga whales, pilot whales, northern bottlenose whales, and bottlenose dolphins.

The Northern bottlenose whale mainly gets killed when it by accident swims too close to the beach and can't get away again, and therefore they die on the beach.

Only three species have been studied in any detail: northern bottlenose whales, Blainville's beaked whales, and Baird's beaked whales.

The stranding of the Northern bottlenose whale mainly happens in two villages in the northern part of Suðuroy: Hvalba and Sandvík.

Due to infrequent strandings of the species, it was the first complete northern bottlenose whale skeleton to enter the UK's national collection of marine mammal skeletons for more than 20 years.

The area is home to a list of threatened and endangered species, including the Atlantic Cod, Blue Whale, Leatherback Sea Turtle, and Northern Bottlenose Whale.

Located offshore of Nova Scotia, near Sable Island, the Gully contains a rich diversity of marine habitats and species, including deep-sea corals and northern bottlenose whales.

Norway stopped hunting the whale in 1973 but northern bottlenose whales are still hunted in the Faroe Islands, especially in the villages of Hvalba and Sandvík on Suðuroy.

Generally, the northern bottlenose whale is held to be one of the deepest-diving whales, capable of plunging up to 3,000 feet under water to hunt squid, starfish and other prey using its sonar abilities.