Photograph of Cuvier’s beaked whales encountered in the California. Current Ecosystem during a survey using drifting acoustic buoys. Beaked whales may avoid vessels and are difficult to study using visual observations, but drifting buoys collect sounds used to study these elusive species.
Beaked Whales
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Photograph of Cuvier’s beaked whales encountered in the California Current Ecosystem during a survey using drifting acoustic buoys. Beaked whales may avoid vessels and are difficult to study using visual observations, but drifting buoys collect sounds used to study these elusive species.

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