the Japanese say the found a new species of whale...
read about it HERE
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Searain79:
holy moly... this is unbelievable
Juggernaut:
I'm gonna say the same thing i said for the new lizard: HOW DO YOU MISS SOMETHING THAT BIG!!! I will admit that its a big ocean but then how did we ever find find any 30 foot long deep water creatures? What I'm suprised about is that they didn't study those carcasses very much after they killed them in the 70s. And what took us 5 years to even do a simple DNA analysis (they are simple, you just gotta count chromsomes to be sure its a new scientist, you just need to have a powerful microscope and the ability to count).
Phantom:
I just want to caution people that this is very unlikely to be a new species. I hope it is but the odds are it is a subspecies of a common whale like a fin whale or something. Granted the oceans are large but we know most of the species that surface to breathe. Genetic testing with DNA samples are only about 70% reliable in these cases. A living specimen should be found to further support a new species but all they have are carcasses. I hope it is a new species but it most likely just be a subspecies. Still very exciting among the zoology community.
Save_The_Mop
You're right. The most I expect it to be is a subspecies. That would be great none the less, but if it does turn out to be an intirely new species...
Wolfyu
If it's a subspecies...that's cool with me.
If it's a new species...proves how much we humans know.
Capt.Rutlinger
I hope it's a new species
Raindragon
Subspecies or new species it's an interesting find. Just a shame they had to discover it via carcasses instead of the living breathing creature.
Blackhorse
It could well be a body of the Longman (think thats it!) whale, of which only a skull has ever been found. I wouldn't get too excited. Still, interesting tho.
kielo91
Well, that's quite interesting. I very much doubt that whale could be a new species. Even though the possibility of it being a new species is probably slim, it would still be pretty fascinating if it was. On the contrary, I'm sort of eager if it could be a whole new species of whale. A new species to learn about... But, I still partially doubt it being that.
J. Mand
Holy fiddlesticks, that's a whale of a find!
Nature hasn't given away all of her secrets yet. That's what makes life interesting for curious creatures like ourselves.