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Steve O'Shea said:We've just returned from a wee trip down south, where we got snowed in for 2 days in a place that grows carrots somewhere in the middle of North Island (NZ), .
It is very rare for pygmy sperm whales to strand in Taupo, and even more rare considering this was the headless variety, the extremely rare grass-eating, field-dwelling Kogia pseudocephalus. (This carcass had been dragged slightly inland so as not to be washed away.) It came ashore near Wanganui, but getting anywhere near Wanganui was a major feat this past week.Steve O'Shea said:It is a Pygmy Sperm Whale - rarely stranding in this particular area (more common elsewhere.
Steve O'Shea;61759 said:A large pod (Pilot Whales) stranded here last week; the majority were fortunately saved.