Word: Gervais` Beaked Whale
Marine mammals are all protected in the United States by the Marine Mammal Protection Act.
The Gervais` Beaked Whale is also known as the Antillian, Gulf Stream, or European Beaked Whale.
• Female Gervais` Beaked Whale are believed to grow up to 17 feet (5.2 m) in length, where males only grow to about 15 feet (4.6 m).
• Gervais` Beaked Whale most likely eat squid.
• Gervais` Beaked Whale is found only in the tropical and temperate waters of the Atlantic Ocean and may be even more limited, to only the North Atlantic.
• Gervais` Beaked Whale has been seen doing dives and holding their breath for up to an hour long!
• A Gervais` Beaked Whale was once spotted swimming almost one mile under the surface!