Bryde's Whale (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

Bryde's Whale

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This is a rare photo of a Bryde's whale breaching in the Swatch-of-No-Ground, Bangladesh. Researchers from WCS, the American Museum of Natural History, Columbia University, and others have genetically confirmed the existence of two subspecies of Bryde's whale -- offshore and coastal forms -- in the Indian and western Pacific Oceans, important information for the management of a species hunted by Japan for scientific purposes.

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Photo credit: WCS-Bangladesh

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