Heather Doyle, director of Heal the Bay's Santa Monica Pier Aquarium, points at the carcass of a rare Stejneger's beaked whale that was picked up from Venice Beach early Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2013. A rare whale known for its saber-like teeth and preference for frigid subarctic waters washed ashore in a highly unlikely place Tuesday night: Venice Beach. The female Stejneger’s beaked whale — also known as the Saber-toothed whale — was loaded onto the bed of a truck early Wednesday and taken for an necropsy that will give scientists a rare glimpse into the lives of the elusive mammals. So rare, in fact, it sent Nick Fash, an education specialist for Heal the Bay, pedaling his bike down to the site "as fast as I could." "We were very lucky," said Fash, who works at the Santa Monica Pier Aquarium. "These whales are incredibly rare and almost never seen in the wild." Read more http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/...hore-in-venice-beach-20131016,0,2686041.story
