Photo / Jenny LingThe Far Out Ocean Research Collective team are making record-breaking discoveries in the waters off Northland's coastline. Jochen stands at the helm of his yacht Manawanui which is used to find rare dolphin and whale species. Photo / Supplied"False killer whales are very rare so we'd see some other interesting stuff that wasn't our target species as well. Marta Guerra is focused on sperm whales, while Kerikeri marine ecologist Tom Brough, who works at Niwa, lends his spatial mapping expertise. "We can identify individual sperm whales by the nicks and notches on the trailing edge of their flukes," she said.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 19, 2021 21:56 UTC