Gigantic Baird’s Beaked Whale Can Exceed 11 Meters in Length

This deep-diving predator grows longer than a city bus.

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Beaked whales are the second-largest group of toothed whales after sperm whales.

Adult Baird’s beaked whales can surpass 11 meters in length and weigh over 10 metric tons, making them among the largest members of the beaked whale family.

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Despite this immense size, they routinely vanish into abyssal depths where sunlight never reaches, hunting prey far smaller than themselves in total darkness.

Their scale combined with cryptic offshore behavior illustrates how even bus-sized mammals can remain largely hidden in the planet’s least explored habitat.

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