Cuvier's Beaked Whale
Cuvier's Beaked Whale ( Ziphius cavirostris )is the Unidentified mysterious animal most widely distributed of all the beaked whales . It is the only member of the genus Ziphius . Another common name for the species is Goose-beaked Whale on account of the fact that its head is said to be shaped like the beak of a goose . During the Middle Ages, this animal was thought to be a monster with a fish's body and an owl's head. Georges Cuvier first described it in 1823 from part of a skull found in France in 1804.