beaked whale: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Ziphiidae • Hyperoodontidae

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Illustration of a giant northern bottlenose whale, Berardius bairdii, with a streamlined dark body and pronounced beak, shown alongside a diver silhouette and scale bars indicating its large size.

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