Spade-toothed whales (Mesoplodon traversii) belong to a cetacean family known as the beaked whales for their protruding snouts. Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) have small flippers that they tuck ...
Cetaceans assist with ship navigation, and intelligent whales are part of Cetacean Ops. Cetacean Ops divisions were on famous Starfleet ships in the Star Trek universe. The concept of Cetacean Ops ...
It's not the most conventional cargo - but staff specialising in cetacean strandings are used to the unorthodox. Since 1913, scientists have been given priority access to any cetaceans (whales, ...