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CUVIER'S BEACHED WHALE |
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SCIENTIFIC
NAME
- Ziphius from the greek xiphos "sword",
cavirostris from the latin cavum and rostrum "with a
hollow rostrum"; so "rostrum long and hollow".
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FAMILY
- Ziphiidae
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| DIMENSIONS
- Medium lenght 6 mt, maximum
7,6 mt, medium weight 3 t maximum 6 t. |
| ASPECT
- Stocky body; laterally compressed small head; small melon
and short rostrum; arcuated jaw (such as a smile) and protruding
regarding the jaw; furrows such as a V under the throat zone; air-hole
in vertical position on the eyes lightly on the left; triangular
small dorsal fin a little arcuated; large tail; small and thin fins (if
adherent to the body re-enter in appropriate recess).
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| SKIN
and COLORATION - Scratched and spotted (frequently on males,
probably the result of competitions with other males), from grey dark
to tawny (with differences between males and females), back and
head clear and dark zone around to the eye; black young people with abdomen
clearly.
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| LONGEVITY
- Until 40 years. |
| REPRODUCTION
- There are not many researches. To the birth the puppy measure approximately 2.7 mt.
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| TEETH
- A pair to the extremity of the jaw. |
| BREATH
- - In ahead and on the
left, short and without a very precise shape, little visible
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| SOUNDS
- There are not many researches. |
| FEEDING
- Fish and squids constitute the diet
of the cuvier's beached in different percentages to second of the seas in which
feeds; on the hunting techniques therefore as for the sperm whale
by now there are only suppositions for sure we know only that the
preys are searched until -1000 mt of depth and beyond (Vd.
Feeding). |
| HABITAT
- Pelagic Cetacean that loves the open sea and deep (beyond
-1000 m) in moderated and tropical waters. |
| SWIM
- Swims
habitually rather slow to approximately 5 Km/h (3 nodes). In cause of the nature
of predator of the abysses in surface it completes fast respiratory
sequences with which it takes breath for the successive immersion;
this will be easy distinguibile for the vertical extraction of the
tail. In immersion the dowries of the cuvier's beached are shown with
advanced depths to -1000 mt and durations of apnea beyond the 40 min.
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| JUMPS
- Carry out jumps rather but awkward. |
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MIGRATIONS
- There are not many researches.
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SOCIALITY
- Odontocet of which a lot is not known if not
that exist branches of variable number from little joining to some tens.
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TEMPERAMENT
- Timid and shy, it is maintained far away from the
man and the boats.
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DANGER
and PREDATORY
- Sometimes attacked by
killer whales; often they die for the fishing-nets; sometimes victim of beaching also collectives.
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SPECIES
DIFFUSION
- Odontocet diffuse in
all the waters of the world except the polar ones, lack esteem on
the number exemplary given the sparsity sights. In the mediterranean it is to the West that to east.
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