Male strap-toothed
whales are easy to spot at sea because they have two
huge teeth growing out of their bottom jaws. The teeth
curl upwards and backwards and sometimes grow right
over the beak, so that the whales can't open their mouths
properly! Females do not have these huge teeth and so
are harder to identify, but if they are in a group with
a male, this is not a problem. Strap-toothed whales
have black bodies with a large white patch covering
the top of the body at the front which goes round the
neck and under the chest. The whales have a black patch
over their eyes and forehead. Another white patch is
on the underside of the body below the dorsal fin. They
have small flippers, small dorsal fins and triangular
shaped flukes with pointed tips and no notches.
