New Whale Species (IMAGE)

University of New South Wales

New Whale Species

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Male specimen of Mesoplodon hotaula that washed up on Desroches Island in the Seychelles in 2009, shown with men from the island. It was found by Wayne Thompson (far right in picture) and Lisa Thompson of the Island Conservation Society of the Seychelles.

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Lisa Thompson

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