Scientists are exploring the remains of a baleen whale

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Ученые исследуют останки усатого китаProfessor from New Zealand explored the remains of a baleen whale, which is more than 27.5 million years.

Evan Fordyce talks with pride about his study, as this finding is very important for the ancient history Zealand.

Found the remains of an unknown whale in the South of the country.

As we found out, the variety of species of this whale is much smaller than modern. The body reaches five meters, and the skull about one. Also interesting was the fact that the jaw is clearly not similar to that of baleen whales today. That is to keep their jaws thousands of gallons of water they could not, unlike his contemporaries.

Thanks to the well preserved remains of the ear found out that they lived during the Oligocene. This period was about to 33.9 million years ago, when New Zealand was full of seas rich in flora and fauna.

Also one of the main objectives was to find out the cause of Keith’s death. Scientists argued and identified several reasons: he was able to get to shore, a shark attack, or his body was exposed to some disease. Unfortunately, it is impossible to know exactly.

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