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Index of Subjects --0015175cdebe21476e04682b09a6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Randy or Andrew, Could we have date and location info on the other six strandings? Thanks, Ron 2009/4/22 Randy Lauff <randy.lauff@gmail.com> > Recently, I was alerted to the presence of a whale that had washed up > in Antigonish County prior to the winter ice-up. The whale is in the > intertidal, so I'm a bit worried of it becoming dislodged and swept > away. Hence, I have obtained a Department of Fisheries and Oceans > permit to get the salvage process directly underway. My team of > anatomy students and I have already spent about five hours on site. > What have we collected? We did not get three Norwegians, we did not > get two Swedes, we only got one fin. > > We're due to go back very shortly and collect more; cutting through > blubber (which is much more than just fat) is a slow, knife-dulling > process. > > http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html > > I have alerted Hal Whitehead's team (he is a whale biologist at > Dalhousie who happens to work with Sperm Whales), and by extension, > the stranding network. According to Andrew Hebda at the Museum, this > is only the seventh-recorded beached Sperm Whale for the province. If > possible, I will be collecting enough material to share with the > NSMNH. I believe there is a representative from the Acadia museum on > this list...please get in touch with me. The same goes for other > universities with formal collections; you will all need permits for > any bits; I am not at liberty to hand away any pieces from this (or > any other) animal under the terms of my own permits. > > I do not know how it died, there are no obvious marks to suggest > impact. I won't be getting into the stomach for awhile (if at > all)...once that is opened, I don't think working around it will be > olfactorily-pleasant. > > To be able to work on such an animal is, for a zoologist with a > passion for anatomy, a once-in-a-career opportunity. The local man who > took us to the whale told me that I looked like a kid opening presents > at Christmas! > > Randy > _________________________________ > RF Lauff > Way in the boonies of > Antigonish County, NS. > -- Ronald G. Arsenault Memramcook, N.B. --0015175cdebe21476e04682b09a6 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div>Randy or Andrew,</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Could we have date and location info on the other six strandings?</div= > <div>=A0</div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div>=A0</div> <div>Ron<br><br></div> <div class=3D"gmail_quote">2009/4/22 Randy Lauff <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a h= ref=3D"mailto:randy.lauff@gmail.com">randy.lauff@gmail.com</a>></span><b= r> <blockquote style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex= ; PADDING-LEFT: 1ex" class=3D"gmail_quote">Recently, I was alerted to the p= resence of a whale that had washed up<br>in Antigonish County prior to the = winter ice-up. The whale is in the<br> intertidal, so I'm a bit worried of it becoming dislodged and swept<br>= away. Hence, I have obtained a Department of Fisheries and Oceans<br>permit= to get the salvage process directly underway. My team of<br>anatomy studen= ts and I have already spent about five hours on site.<br> What have we collected? We did not get three Norwegians, we did not<br>get = two Swedes, we only got one fin.<br><br>We're due to go back very short= ly and collect more; cutting through<br>blubber (which is much more than ju= st fat) is a slow, knife-dulling<br> process.<br><br><a href=3D"http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.htm= l" target=3D"_blank">http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/personel/recent.html</a><= br><br>I have alerted Hal Whitehead's team (he is a whale biologist at<= br> Dalhousie who happens to work with Sperm Whales), and by extension,<br>the = stranding network. According to Andrew Hebda at the Museum, this<br>is only= the seventh-recorded beached Sperm Whale for the province. If<br>possible,= I will be collecting enough material to share with the<br> NSMNH. I believe there is a representative from the Acadia museum on<br>thi= s list...please get in touch with me. The same goes for other<br>universiti= es with formal collections; you will all need permits for<br>any bits; I am= not at liberty to hand away any pieces from this (or<br> any other) animal under the terms of my own permits.<br><br>I do not know h= ow it died, there are no obvious marks to suggest<br>impact. I won't be= getting into the stomach for awhile (if at<br>all)...once that is opened, = I don't think working around it will be<br> olfactorily-pleasant.<br><br>To be able to work on such an animal is, for a= zoologist with a<br>passion for anatomy, a once-in-a-career opportunity. T= he local man who<br>took us to the whale told me that I looked like a kid o= pening presents<br> at Christmas!<br><br>Randy<br>_________________________________<br>RF Lauff= <br>Way in the boonies of<br>Antigonish County, NS.<br></blockquote></div><= br><br clear=3D"all"> <div></div><br>-- <br>Ronald G. Arsenault<br>Memramcook, N.B.<br> --0015175cdebe21476e04682b09a6--
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