Baird's beaked whale
Berardius bairdii latin

Baird's beaked whales, the largest of this group, are most frequently observed close to shore.

Blood gushed from the 30-foot Baird's beaked whale like water from a hydrant.

Each year, 62 Baird's beaked whales are hunted commercially in Japan, with the meat sold for human consumption.

These features are also common with other larger beaked whales, especially the Baird's beaked whales.

Arnoux's and Baird's beaked whales are so similar that researchers have debated whether or not they are simply two populations of the same species.

W.A. Clemens identified the carcass as a Baird's beaked whale.

Sexual maturity is reached between seven and 15 years of age in Baird's beaked whales and northern bottlenose whales.

Baird's beaked whale, Berardius bairdii .

Baird's beaked whales are known to occur in multiple male groups, and in large groups consisting of adult animals of both sexes.

A landing and processing of a Baird's beaked whale was filmed by the Environmental Investigation Agency on 7 August 2009.

Gestation varies greatly between species, lasting 17 months for Baird's beaked whales and 12 months for the northern bottlenose whale.

Most of the whales Mr Shoji catches are Baird's Beaked Whales.

Japanese whalers have hunted Baird's beaked whales on the Boso Peninsula, Wada, since the 17th century.

Only three species have been studied in any detail: northern bottlenose whales, Blainville's beaked whales, and Baird's beaked whales.

The conservation status of Baird's beaked whales is not known globally; the Mammalogical Society of Japan lists them as rare in Japanese coastal waters.

Baird's beaked whale was first described by Leonhard Hess Stejneger in 1883 from a four-toothed skull he had found on Bering Island the previous year.

While this paper was in press, a specimen that was first mis-identified as a Baird's beaked whale washed up in Kagoshima, Japan in July 2002.

Maximum lifespans may be much greater, some narwhal and spotted dolphin living to 40-50 years, and the Baird's beaked whale possibly to the ripe old age of 70 years.

Baird's beaked whale is found in the North Pacific Ocean, the Sea of Japan and the southern part of the Sea of Okhotsk.

This year, coastal whalers operating out of four main ports are set to take a total of 66 Baird's beaked whales, 72 pilot whales—which look like dolphins—and 20 Risso dolphins.

Japanese Fishermen hose down a Baird's Beaked whale at Wada Port in Minami Boso, Chiba, Japan.

In the 20th century, Baird's beaked whales were hunted primarily by Japan and to a lesser extent by the USSR, Canada and the United States.

Four species are classified by the IUCN as "lower risk, conservation dependent": Arnoux's and Baird's beaked whales, and the northern and southern bottlenose whales.

An unknown type of large beaked whale of similar size to fully grown Berardius bairdii have been reported to live in the Sea of Okhotsk.

Together with its close relative, the Baird's beaked whale ( Berardius bairdii ), the Arnoux's beaked whale ( Berardius arnuxii ) is among the two largest of all beaked whale species.

Berardius is currently classified as containing two species: Arnoux's beaked whale (Berardius arnuxii) in the Southern Hemisphere waters, and Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii) in the North Pacific.