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Experts left stumped by whales that died on Norfolk beach
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Eastern Daily Press | News
Despite research efforts by a team of experts from the Cetacean Strandings Investigation Programme (CSIP), their exact species remains unconfirmed.
The whales were juveniles (Image: CSIP)The specialists initially thought they may be Sowerby’s beaked whales, but said they looked unlike any other examples of the species found in the UK.
A spokesman for the organisation said: "They appeared unlike any Sowerby’s the CSIP team has previously dealt with and may represent a more unusual beaked whale species for the UK.
The CSIP team from the Zoological Society of London then carried out necropsies at an off-site location.
(Image: Supplied)The CSIP spokesman said further analysis of skeletal and genetic material is planned in the hope of confirming the species.