Finding a beaked whale on a New Jersey beach (or a beach anywhere) is rare: Only 19 beaked whales of four different species have been found by the Marine Mammal.
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Beaked whales are one of the least-known groups of marine mammals because they live in deep waters and are rarely visible near the surface, experts said.
A rare beaked whale was found dead Thursday morning on a beach in Spring Lake, New Jersey, in Monmouth County, according to the Marine Mammal Stranding Center. The animal was taken to a wildlife lab in Trenton to undergo a necropsy that will determine the cause of death.