New Whales and the Wonders of the Deep Cryptomundo

A guest post by Brent Swancer seeks to dispel the belief that we have already discovered all of the large species of animals that are out there to be found. He recounts the story of the recent identification of a new species of baleen whale, Eden’s whales, and the discovery of a new genus of whales, I. pacificus, also known as the Indo-Pacific beaked whale or Longman’s beaked whale. Could the next big animal discovery be even more amazing? In a related post, Karl Shuker goes in search of The Real Leviathan? And on Cryptomundo, Marissa Does Cryptozoology and Who Was P. T. Barnum?