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'World's rarest whale' washes up on New Zealand beach
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According to the New Zealand Department of Conservation, the 16-foot beaked whale was discovered near Taiari Mouth on July 4.

The analysis will take several weeks or months to confirm the DNA is from the spade-tooth whale species. The first known findings of the species came from a lower jaw and two teeth collected from Pitt Island in 1874. According to the New Zealand DOC, this finding marks the third-ever intact spade-toothed whale.

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