Initially, researchers identified only whales in the waters around the San Benito archipelago, but they found whales with extremely special beaks. More remarkable is that this whale has not been identified yet because it emits an unusual acoustic signal.

The team took pictures and videos of the exotic whales and eavesdrop on their audio conversation using a dedicated underwater microphone.

After examining the available evidence, the team of scientists confidently believe that the individuals belong to an unknown species of whale.

The researchers hope that their evaluation will soon be confirmed by genetic analyzes of the samples taken at the time, which will certainly prove that they are indeed a new species.

"We need to process the eDNA (environmetal DNA) to see if we get any genetic material from the whale. If so, will it match any known whales with known beaks." said researcher Elizabeth Henderson.

One of the researchers, Dr. Jay Barlow, added: "We have seen something new that is not expected in the field, which is neither visual nor sound, anything. is known to exist.

It chills me in my spine thinking that maybe it’s accomplished what most people would say is really not possible - find a large mammal that exists on Earth and science is complete. unknown ".