Does any one no anything about the Cuvier s beaked Whale?
-The existence of the whale was widely known from strandings sinces George’s Cuvier described the first skeletons. Because of their nature (deep diving, short time on the surface, seldom venturing in close to shore) they were much less well known that many other species. The scientific name is Ziphius Cavirostrus. – They are known to strand individually fairly frequently. But mass strandings are very rare. After one of the most peculiar mass strandings ever record in May 12 and 13, 1996 a Greek zoologist, Alexandros Frantzis, spent months trying to form a theory. What was particularly puzzling was the pattern on the beach. They were unformly spread out with almost a mile between them. suspected something that affected a large expanse of water. He found a notice to mariners after several months of looking that announced a sonar test being done that same week. – Realizing he had the potential to write a paper that would attract worldwide attention he wrote to the admiral at SACLANTCEN (a
