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A rare species of whale was sighted off the coast of Cape Cod this month

Three True's beaked whales — which usually dive deep into the ocean — were seen near the surface by the New England Aquarium's aerial survey team

The whales can grow up to 17.5 feet and up to 3,000 pounds

A rare whale species has been spotted off the coast of New England.

At the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument off the coast of Cape Cod, scientists got a fleeting glimpse of three True's beaked whales — a species that dives deep into the ocean and rarely appear at the water's surface, per the New England Aquarium . The aquarium's aerial survey team caught a few snaps of the whales from above, and shared the images in a Facebook post.

"These deep-diving whales are rarely seen

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