{"id":508846,"date":"2026-05-28T18:20:42","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/mesoplodon-found-dead-at-playa-grande-in-rio-san-juan\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T18:20:42","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T22:20:42","slug":"mesoplodon-found-dead-at-playa-grande-in-rio-san-juan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/uncategorized\/mesoplodon-found-dead-at-playa-grande-in-rio-san-juan\/","title":{"rendered":"Mesoplodon found dead at Playa Grande in R\u00edo San Juan"},"content":{"rendered":"<strong>Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez.<\/strong> \u2013 A specimen of mesoplodon, a cetacean belonging to the Ziphiidae family, was found dead on the shore of Playa Grande, in the municipality of R\u00edo San Juan, Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez province.\n\nThe discovery caught the attention of residents, visitors, and local authorities, as it is a rare species on the coasts of the area.\n\nAccording to preliminary reports, the animal appeared stranded lifeless on the beach, generating curiosity among the community members who approached the place to observe the cetacean.\n\nThe mesoplodon is part of the ziphiid family, a group that brings together around 14 species of beaked whales. These marine mammals are known to inhabit deep waters and are rarely sighted near the coast, which makes their presence in Playa Grande even more unusual.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>We recommend reading:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/tecnologia\/llegada-de-un-tiburon-foca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arrival of a seal shark to a beach in Asturias generates great scientific expectation<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far, the authorities have not reported the causes of the specimen&#8217;s death. It is expected that specialists in marine fauna will carry out the corresponding evaluations to determine the circumstances that caused its death.<\/p>\n\n\nThe case has sparked interest among environmentalists and marine experts, who highlight the importance of monitoring these types of events to better understand the behavior and conservation of these species in Caribbean waters.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez. \u2013 A specimen of mesoplodon, a cetacean belonging to the Ziphiidae family, was found dead on the shore of Playa Grande, in the municipality of R\u00edo San Juan, Mar\u00eda Trinidad S\u00e1nchez province. The discovery caught the attention of residents, visitors, and local authorities, as it is a rare species on the coasts [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":133556,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-508846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-28nc","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yerandi Santana","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/cropped-WhatsApp-Image-2026-02-13-at-5.35.07-PM-96x96.jpeg","categories_name":["Uncategorized"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/133556"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508846"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508846\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}