SakshiPreviously Found
The places where the Skeletal remains have been found is in Eastern Pacific, South Atlantic, Eastern, and Western Indian Oceans. One of the remains was found in Iran as well. However, they were close to nothing that Asha had discovered.
Scientific Strides
According to the scientists, Omura’s whale prefers to stay in the shelf and deep waters of subtropical and tropical regions. But it was not known that this species also live waters off this nation island until Asha made this amazing discovery.
More To Go
No doubt Asha’s discovery in 2017 gave a big push to the mission of finding out more about this mysterious species. However, there are more to learn about Omura’s whale.
Unanswered Questions
This startling discovery has brought a lot about the species to the front seat but still, there are many basic questions that are still unanswered. The human race is still not well aware of the rudimentary information about them.
No Exact Location
Well, no scientists till now could find out these whales exact location and even anything about their population. Whatever information the researchers have originates from another place where the population of this rare whales has been found. But there too the species managed to evade the researchers.
A Previous Breakthrough
It was in 2013 Omura’s whale was spotted for the first time after it was declared a different species in 2003. The whale appeared off the coast of Madagascar and was called the first sighting post the declaration. No doubt, the sighting had whetted the curiosity of scientists who wanted to know more about this species.