The team stumbled across two long- beaked echidnas, possibly a new species.
The US Navy has been ordered by a court to stop the use of high-intensity sonar linked with the beaching of beaked whales.
Since the 1980s, Heyning had researched beaked whales.
It was one thing to observe and measure the medium ground finch, using its short, deep beak to feed on underground seeds, and the large- beaked cactus finch.
Think about Darwin's tale of the short- beaked finch.
He said beaked whales, in panic, dive deeply to escape the sound.
The only other mammals known to reach such depths were beaked whales.
