Beaked Whale

Beaked (aka Beaked Whale, aka The Allegory Guru, aka The Heroic Hindu, aka The Celebration Cetacean!!)

Male / Hindu / 7 meters (23 ft or 3.8 Irrfan Khans) / 2.75 tons (5,500 lbs or 11.8 Ducati Motorcycles) / healthy population

Beaked the species:

There is no one species known as "the beaked whale", but there are 22 species that fit within the family of ziphiidae (beaked family).  The type of beaked whale I'm be focusing on here is the Cuvier's beaked whale. Many of the beaked whales share physical features with the dolphin family, but they're often larger and only share the scientific classification at the infraorder level of 'cetacea'.  The Cuvier's beaked whale mostly eats fish and squid, but the fish and squid they prefer is often in the very deep parts of the ocean.  In fact, this whale has been recorded diving 9,816 feet in search of food.  That's almost 2 miles and it's a confirmed world record.  To give you an idea of how deep that is, drive for 4 minutes at 30 mph down a neighborhood road and imagine you're going straight down.  It's deep.  The tallest building in the world isn't even half the distance. If there was a building that tall, it would be about 727 floors up.  These creatures are amazing and because of their unique feeding practices, they're somewhat difficult to find.  The Cuvier's variety of beaked whales is the most common of all of them and can be found throughout the world (minus the poles), including The Indian Ocean.  There are two types of scars found on Cuvier's beaked whales, one from the teeth of rival males that are linear swooshes and the oval scarring is from cookie-cutter sharks.

Beaked the character:

Beaked is from the Indian Ocean and is a Hindu.  He believes in multiple Gods like Shiva the Destroyer, Vishnu the protector, and Krishna the ultimate.  He finds reasons to celebrate almost any event and he's a very deep soul filled with stories from his culture.  He's extremely fun loving, wise, and crafty.  He's multifaceted like his beliefs and he's an important member to The Pod.  Welcome, Beaked my good friend.

"Beaked Whale Celebrating The Festival of Colors"