In the Oosterschelde, in Dutch Zeeland, two bottlenose whales have been observed. Butskops are deep diving cetaceans from the beaked dolphin family. SOS Dolfijn reported on Sunday that it is a species that has only been seen alive in the Netherlands twice in the past 50 years.
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Butskoppen, which reach almost 30 feet in length, can remain underwater for over 2 hours and can then reach depths of more than 2 kilometers. There they hunt deep-sea squid and fish. “That is why these animals do not belong in the shallow southern North Sea and it is difficult for them to survive here,” says SOS Dolfijn.
The nature organization went in search of the bottlenose whales. It would be a mother and her daughter. SOS Dolfijn tweeted on Sunday evening that the search has not yet yielded any results.
