The pygmy right whale , Caperea marginata, is the weirdest whale you've probably never heard of. Nic Rawlence Senior Lecturer in Ancient DNA, Felix Georg Marx Curator Vertebrates, Te Papa Tongarewa Ludovic Dutoit It is the smallest of the living baleen whales and restricted to the Southern Hemisphere. Its tank-like skeleton is unique among whales, and its ecology and behaviour remain virtually unknown. Even its mitochondria - the power plants of the cell - seem to be ticking differently.

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