Baird's Beaked Whale is the largest beaked whale in the North Pacific, reaching 40 feet in length. It lives in tight social groups of 3–30 and was historically hunted by Japanese whalers in the North Pacific. Males bear scars from teeth of rivals and from squid beaks. It is one of the more regularly sighted beaked whales on offshore pelagic trips in the northeastern Pacific.
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