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Gervais’ beaked whale skeletal display

Tursiops — Sun, 25 Jun 2017 20:44:45 +0000

Gervais Whale Skeleton (Mesoplodon europaeus) The Gervais is the most frequently stranded beaked whale in North Carolina. This skeleton was re-articulated from a whale which stranded on July 18, 2012 on the ocean beach of Salvo, NC. It was a 356 cm long, 445 kg sub-adult male. After the necropsy and pectoral fin radiographs, […]

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Risso’s Dolphin – from Stranding to Skeleton

Tursiops — Tue, 28 Jul 2015 00:39:29 +0000

Risso’s dolphin Skeleton (Grampus Griseus) Poster of Risso’s Dolphin (Grampus griseus) rearticulation (click to enlarge): Completed Risso’s Dolphin Skeleton on display at the Outer Banks Center for Wildlife Education in Corolla, NC:

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EVENT: Story behind “Echo” – Thursday 1/24 at the NC Maritime Museum

Tursiops — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 02:23:47 +0000

This is a seriously last-minute note, but if you check the blog regularly and haven’t had a chance to hear Keith Rittmaster tell the story of the sperm whale hanging in the Maritime Museum, you should really set aside the time to check it out. Details below.

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Whale of a move

Tursiops — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 21:26:51 +0000

They say that when moving, you should always start with the biggest items. We think a 37' Humpback whale certainly qualifies.

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Stumpy the Right Whale is Being Installed in the NC Museum of Science

Keith_Rittmaster — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:24:00 +0000

Keith Rittmaster, the leader of Cape Lookout Studies Program,was in Raleigh, NC last week working with Dan DenDanto and his Whales and Nails team installing a reassembled 52 foot right right whale in the NC Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. Good practice for the 34 foot sperm whale that Keith will soon install in […]

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Minke Whale Baleen

Keith_Rittmaster — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:35:00 +0000

MOST IMPORTANT – this article is just for your interest because it is illegal for anyone without an official government permit to possess any part of a marine mammal. This piece of baleen is legally permitted. As I was preparing to unfreeze and condition an entire rack of baleen from a minke whale that stranded in […]

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Keith Rittmaster’s Fabulous Presentations

Keith_Rittmaster — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 20:26:00 +0000

The first one on, Monday evening, September 26, was sponsored by Go-Science’s Science Cafe at McCurdy’s Restaurant on the Atlantic Beach Causeway.What a great crowd !!! His presentation was about Bonehenge (our sperm whale skeleton re-articulation project) and even though some of us had heard a presentation about Bonehenge several times, it was still fascinating. […]

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UPDATES

Keith_Rittmaster — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 14:13:00 +0000

Not as exciting as Baja and whales, but here are the Cape Lookout Studies updates this month. Bonehenge.The skull is still in the jacuzzi releasing grease – this whale had an amazing amount of grease. Two huge limbs from the oak tree just above the jacuzzi almost smashed the skull in a snow storm. Pierre-Henry […]

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ONLY 3 DAYS LEFT – HELP

Keith_Rittmaster — Thu, 28 May 2009 21:30:00 +0000

We only have 3 days left to take advantage of a matching funds offer. (Sounds like NPR).southernfriedscience.com is offering to match any funds donated to Bonehenge for the next 3 daysIf you scroll down on their site, you will come to an image on the right of a Sperm Whale skeleton that says ‘donate now’. […]

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Stranded Sperm Whale on Cape Lookout Spit

Tursiops — Fri, 30 Jan 2004 21:48:52 +0000

On or before January 30, 2004 a 33½ foot male sperm whale washed ashore dead on the west (ocean) beach of Power Squadron Spit near Cape Lookout. But this was not the end of the whale's journey.

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