"We're working around a dead animal, but it's telling us about how it [lived], and also that's unpacking all of the life stories of the people involved around it," said Anton van Helden.
"This one is the rarest of the rare, only the seventh specimen known from anywhere in the world, and the first opportunity we have had to undertake a dissection like this," said van Helden.
"Beaked whales are the most enigmatic group of large mammals on the planet, they are deep divers that are rarely seen at sea," said van Helden.
"The first example of a spade-toothed whale was found in 1874, when the species was described based on a lower jaw bone and two teeth found in the Chatham Islands," revealing the longstanding mystery surrounding the species.
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