VIDEO: Giant beaked whales show their scars

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Rare Pictures of beaked whales social reveals secrets

January 30, 2015 at 00:20 GMT clock Last updated

Movie and Baird's beaked whales, also known as giant whale spout, revealed that form long-term partnerships with other people.

The researchers, who captured these images into the icy waters of the Far East of Russia, whales from the scars on her body identified.

Note, photography and film in four years has shown that the animals seemed trained long associations with specific individuals with whom they prefer to spend their time being.

In this video you can cause on the bodies of whales by the attacks, fishing nets and even spears to see the marks. In the first clip, one of the giants shows a rare glimpse into their "bottle nose".

Video courtesy of whales Russian Habitat project.

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