[Dive Log - Chatham Rise]//

978.5 meters below the surface in the deep, dark waters of the Chatham Rise east of New Zealand’s South Island 🇳🇿 , a team of marine biologists capture a once-in-a-lifetime moment - a male Spade-toothed Whale (Mesoplodon traversii) in active pursuit of a squid identified as Bathyteuthis abyssicola.

This is the first time a beaked whale has been seen alive in the deep sea AND the first time this species has been seen alive ever !!! The team has decided to name the whale Hōhunu.

[End Log]\\[ Te Kārehu Huna]