New Delhi. The carcass of a rare whale has been found on the beach of New Zealand . Scientists have examined this rare whale and said that it is a spade-toothed whale, whose beak is five meters long. The carcass of this whale was found on July 4 near the mouth of a river in the southern Otago province.

According to the scientists' report, this whale has been named after its teeth, it is a spade-shaped whale. Scientists said that DNA testing has been started to confirm this whale properly. The depth of this whale is so much that people have never seen it alive.

Six samples were documented

The Department of Conservation's coastal Otago operations manager, Gabe Davis, provided further insight into the whale case. He said in a statement that since the 1800s, only six specimens have been documented worldwide and all but one of these were from New Zealand.

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Technical advisor of New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) says, 'This whale species is extremely rare. So this opportunity can allow us to know more information about how and where the animal lived and what it ate?' Experts thoroughly examined the carcass found on the beach, after which scientists believed that the carcass was of a male spade-toothed whale. However, a complete inspection is yet to be done.

Whales kept in cold storage

Gabe Davis further informed that the whale's body has been placed in cold storage and genetic samples have been sent to the University of Auckland as curator of the New Zealand Cetacean Tissue Archive. It may take several weeks or months for the DNA to be processed and the final identification to be confirmed.