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We do have a facility on Grand Manan in conjunction with the NB Museum =
for whale bones but it is in the provincial park campground where bones =
are left on the surface covered in straw or wood shavings to decompose =
and degrease. They don't appreciate fresh carcasses, however, even =
after they have been covered in straw, because of the smell. It is =
fenced so no one walks away with souvenirs. Some of the flesh that was =
on a fin whale skeleton put in the compound in October 2003 has dried to =
very stiff "jerky". Even with landscaping fabric down, the blackberry =
bushes and grasses grow quickly and need to be kept trimmed.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: Randy Lauff=20
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20
Cc: NATURENB@listserv.unb.ca=20
Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 6:12 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] sei (most likely) or finner
And hopefully, if a museum does recover it, they won't bury it in the =
lifeless depths like in PEI...what was it...20 years and there was still =
flesh on it (someone help with the details here)? There has got to be =
some Crown land somewhere distant from folks where the whale can be just =
laid on the surface...then you'll see the flesh disappear!
Randy
2008/7/7 Laurie Murison <gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca>:
I received an opinion from a marine mammalogist who has a tremendous =
amount of experience dissecting dead baleen whales.
He feels that the whale that live stranded was a sei whale ...=20
Hopefully the New Brunswick Museum will be able to recover the =
skeleton for their collection.
Laurie Murison
Grand Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station=20
24 Route 776
Grand Manan, NB Canada E5G 1A1
506 662 3804, Fax 506 662 9804
http://www.gmwsrs.org
Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>We do have a facility on Grand Manan in =
conjunction=20
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campground=20
where bones are left on the surface covered in straw or wood shavings to =
decompose and degrease. They don't appreciate fresh =
carcasses,=20
however, even after they have been covered in straw, because of the =
smell. It is fenced so no one walks away with souvenirs. Some =
of the=20
flesh that was on a fin whale skeleton put in the compound in October =
2003 has=20
dried to very stiff "jerky". Even with landscaping fabric =
down, the=20
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<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, July 07, 2008 =
6:12 PM</DIV>
<DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] sei =
(most likely)=20
or finner</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>And hopefully, if a museum does recover it, they won't bury it in =
the=20
lifeless depths like in PEI...what was it...20 years and there was =
still flesh=20
on it (someone help with the details here)? There has got to be some =
Crown=20
land somewhere distant from folks where the whale can be just laid on =
the=20
surface...then you'll see the flesh disappear!</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Randy<BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=3Dgmail_quote>2008/7/7 Laurie Murison <<A=20
href=3D"mailto:gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca">gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca</A>>:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I received an opinion from a marine =
mammalogist=20
who has a tremendous amount of experience dissecting dead baleen=20
whales.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>He feels that the whale that live =
stranded was=20
a sei whale ...</FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hopefully the New Brunswick Museum =
will be able=20
to recover the skeleton for their collection.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Laurie Murison<BR>Grand Manan Whale =
&=20
Seabird Research Station <BR>24 Route 776<BR>Grand Manan, NB Canada =
E5G=20
1A1<BR>506 662 3804, Fax 506 662 9804<BR><A=20
href=3D"http://www.gmwsrs.org/"=20
target=3D_blank>http://www.gmwsrs.org</A></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV>Randy<BR>_________________________________<BR>RF Lauff<BR>Way in =
the=20
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