In July, a 16-foot (5-meter) male spade-toothed whale was discovered beached at Taiari Mouth, Otago, New Zealand. This marine mammal has remained largely unknown to science. Until now. A complete ...

Their work revealed, for the first time, that spade-toothed whales have tiny vestigial teeth in their upper jaw. Vestigial ...

After completing the dissection of the first complete specimen of the world's rarest whale, scientists suspect the 16-foot ...

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The scientific team found the specimen had nine stomach chambers containing remnants of squid and parasitic worms, the statement said. Among the more interesting finds were tiny vestigial teeth in ...

or only the proximal part of the stomach is used to form a gastric pouch thus leaving a remnant stomach. Passage reconstruction then requires a gastro-enterostomy. Preserving the pylorus when ...

This conclusion was drawn from analyzing chemical remnants of food found in the stomach of an 18-month-old child. Since the child was still nursing, scientists were able to infer the mother's diet ...