Cryptid whale Another argued hypothesis is that that pod was part of an inbred population, which led to the mutation. Another possibility is that Quoy and Gaimard observed specimens which were neither deformed nor members of an unknown species or population, but rather mistaken identification of a pair of beaked whales that, by perspective, appeared to be one single creature. The high-finned sperm whale, or the high-finned cachalot, is an alleged variant or relative of the known sperm whale, "Physeter macrocephalus", with an unusually tall dorsal fin from the North Atlantic. The physician Sir Robert Sibbald, in 1687, described an alleged stranded
Little Whale River Hudson's Bay Company operated a trading post, named after the river, at its mouth. This place, now known as Jiaviniup Narsanga, has long been abandoned. Little Whale River The Little Whale River (French: "Petite rivière de la Baleine") (Cree: "Wâpamekustûss") is a river in Nunavik, Quebec, Canada. With an area of , it is ranked as the 35th largest river basin in Quebec. The Cree named a segment of the Little Whale River near its mouth as "Wapimakustus", which is similar to what Isbister noted in 1740. The Inuit call it "Qilalugarsiuviup Kuunga", which means "river or place where beluga