1.   However, some species, such as the beaked whales and the river dolphins, can be almost solitary.

2.   Although classified as toothed whales, nearly all species of beaked whale in fact have very few teeth.

3.   An autopsy of several beaked whales revealed that some had severe ear trauma.

4.   It was one of the largest strandings of beaked whales on record.

5.   Most were beaked whales, and they stranded in the Providence Channels in the northern Bahamas.

6.   Sent to investigate by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Ketten found hemorrhages in the ears and in the acoustic fats of five beaked whales she examined.

7.   Tests of the equipment in the Bahamas last year have been blamed for the rare beaching of two dozen beaked whales.

8.   Last year, dozens of beaked whales were stranded in the Bahamas after similar tests were conducted by the Navy near there.

9.   The elusive beaked whales are among the least-studied of all mammals.