New research into a whale which stranded on the Welsh coast more than a decade ago has identified it as the first short-finned pilot whale ever to be found in British waters.
New research into a whale which stranded on the Pembrokeshire coast more than a decade ago has identified it as the first short-finned pilot whale ever to be found in British waters.
It was examined by the Defra and Welsh Government-funded Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme and was initially identified as a long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas, which are commonly found in British waters and strand frequently. “It’s important to develop our understanding of changing marine populations and their distributions, and the existence of collections and research facilities such as ours are crucial to building that understanding over time.
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