Cuvier’s have flipper pockets, a special adaption for diving which allows them to tuck their flippers in and make their bodies super-streamlined.
Cuvier’s beaked whales are amazing, but like so many species, they are vulnerable to human activities. They are especially vulnerable to intense noise created by military sonar. They suffer decompression sickness, or ‘the bends’, if they are frightened or panicked by man-made noise and surface too quickly. Tragically, mass strandings of Cuvier’s beaked whales, some of whom were still alive, have occurred in places around the world following naval sonar exercises.
Cuvier’s beaked whale can dive to depths of almost 3 km (1.9 miles). One whale stayed underwater for a record 2 hours and 18 minutes.
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