Cuvier's beaked whales feed on several species of squid, including those in the families Cranchiidae, Onychoteuthidae, Brachioteuthidae, Enoploteuthidae, Octopoteuthidae, and Histioteuthidae; they also prey on deep-sea fish.
In 2014, scientists reported that they had used satellite-linked tags to track Cuvier's beaked whales off the coast of California, and found the animals dived up to 2,992 m (9,816 feet) below the ocean surface and spent up to two hours and 17 and a half minutes underwater before resurfacing, which represent both the deepest and the longest dives ever documented for any mammal.
Cuvier's beaked whales feed on several species of squid, including those in the families Cranchiidae, Onychoteuthidae, Brachioteuthidae, Enoploteuthidae, Octopoteuthidae, and Histioteuthidae; they also prey on deep-sea fish. In 2014, scientists reported that they had used satellite-linked tags to track Cuvier's beaked whales off the coast of California, and found the animals dived up to 2,992 m (9,816 feet) below the ocean surface and spent up to two hours and 17 and a half minutes underwater before resurfacing, which represent both the deepest and the longest dives ever documented for any mammal.
Cuvier's beaked whale