Beaked Whale：突吻鲸，喙鲸

2004年11月3日，一条罕见鲸鱼的遗体被冲到了澳大利亚新南威尔士的海滩上，人们把它送往澳大利亚博物馆。科学家们初步估计它属于珍稀鲸类－－朗曼氏突吻鲸，但后来证实是一种稀有的瓶鼻鲸，具有极大的研究价值。

　　外电报道如下：

　　The remains¹ of a rare whale washed ashore² on a northern New South Wales beach are to be sent to the Australian Museum. Originally thought to be a Longman's beaked³ whale, the specimen⁴ has now been identified as a bottlenose whale.

　　The whale's body was examined at Byron Bay, where it was stranded⁵. Dr Sandy Ingelby, from the Australian Museum, says all the body parts have been frozen and researchers at the museum are very excited about receiving this uncommon⁶ animal.

　　"It's terrific... these animals you know very little about their biology and the opportunities to find out anything are quite rare," she said.

　　Beaked whale表示“突吻鲸，喙鲸”，bottlenose whale表示“瓶鼻鲸”。鲸的种类还有很多，比如humpback whale（大翅鲸）；blue whale（蓝鲸）；gray whale（灰鲸）；sperm⁷ whale（抹香鲸）；pygmy sperm whale（小抹香鲸）；drawf sperm whale（侏儒抹香鲸）等。