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'Times New Roman'; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font- This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_00F7_01CA472F.71F950C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable It is a female minke whale as far as I can see. Were there white = patches on the flippers? The angle of the photographs do not show this = feature. Also, minke whale baleen (if present) is cream coloured. With = decomposition, the baleen loosens and quickly falls out. The tongue is greatly expanded/bloated by decomposition gases - the = balloon in the mouth. Their tongues are pleated the same as their = throats and are highly distensible to increase their mouth capacity when = gulp feeding. The stripes on the ballooned tongue are those pleats.=20 There is a lot of bruising and marks that resemble those whales get when = entangled. Laurie Murison Grand Manan, NB ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Blake Maybank=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Cc: HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca=20 Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:47 AM Subject: [NatureNS] Dead Whale on Martinique Beach, HRM 06 October 2009 We walked the length of Martinique Beach on the morning of 6 October, = and we found a dead whale about 3/4 of the way along the beach. Photos = are here: http://tinyurl.com/y8zlsu6=20 I've tentatively ID'd this as a Minke Whale, but request confirmation. = And can anyone tell me what is protruding from the whale's mouth? = From a distance (the first shot) it looked like a large balloon. We arrived at high tide, and there were many shorebirds roosting in = the kelp at the eastern end of the beach, including 450+ Semipalmated = Plovers, 400+ Sanderling, 50+ Semipalmated Sandpipers, 1 Dunlin, and 1 = Baird's Sandpiper. I've cc'd this message to the Museum of Natural History, in case they = are interested. Cheers, Blake=20 = -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ---- Blake Maybank maybank@ns.sympatico.ca 902-852-2077 Editor, "Nova Scotia Birds" http://nsbs.chebucto.org author, "Birding Sites of Nova Scotia" http://tinyurl.com/birdingns Downloadable Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers: http://tinyurl.com/mr627d=20 White's Lake, Nova Scotia, Canada=20 -------------------------------------------------------------------------= ----- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com=20 Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.5/2419 - Release Date: = 10/07/09 05:18:00 ------=_NextPart_000_00F7_01CA472F.71F950C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.6000.16890" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>It is a female minke whale as far as I = can=20 see. Were there white patches on the flippers? The angle of = the=20 photographs do not show this feature. Also, minke whale baleen (if = present) is cream coloured. With decomposition, the baleen loosens = and=20 quickly falls out.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>The tongue is greatly expanded/bloated = by=20 decomposition gases - the balloon in the mouth. Their tongues are = pleated=20 the same as their throats and are highly distensible to increase their = mouth=20 capacity when gulp feeding. The stripes on the ballooned tongue = are those=20 pleats. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>There is a lot of bruising and marks = that resemble=20 those whales get when entangled.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Laurie Murison</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Grand Manan, NB</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dmaybank@ns.sympatico.ca = href=3D"mailto:maybank@ns.sympatico.ca">Blake=20 Maybank</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A = title=3DHEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca">HEBDAAJ@gov.ns.ca</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, October 07, = 2009 8:47=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] Dead Whale = on=20 Martinique Beach, HRM</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV>06 October 2009<BR><BR>We walked the length of = Martinique Beach=20 on the morning of 6 October, and we found a dead whale about 3/4 of = the way=20 along the beach. Photos are here:<BR><BR><B><A=20 href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/y8zlsu6"=20 eudora=3D"autourl">http://tinyurl.com/y8zlsu6</A></B> <BR><BR>I've = tentatively=20 ID'd this as a Minke Whale, but request confirmation. And can = anyone=20 tell me what is protruding from the whale's mouth? = From a=20 distance (the first shot) it looked like a large balloon.<BR><BR>We = arrived at=20 high tide, and there were many shorebirds roosting in the kelp at the = eastern=20 end of the beach, including 450+ Semipalmated Plovers, 400+ = Sanderling, 50+=20 Semipalmated Sandpipers, 1 Dunlin, and 1 Baird's = Sandpiper.<BR><BR>I've cc'd=20 this message to the Museum of Natural History, in case they are=20 interested.<BR><BR>Cheers,<BR><BR>Blake <BR><BR><X-SIGSEP> = <P></X-SIGSEP>-----------------------------------------------------------= ------------------<BR>Blake=20 Maybank<BR>maybank@ns.sympatico.ca<BR>902-852-2077<BR><BR>Editor, = "Nova Scotia=20 Birds"<BR><A href=3D"http://nsbs.chebucto.org/"=20 eudora=3D"autourl">http://nsbs.chebucto.org<BR><BR></A>author, = "Birding Sites of=20 Nova Scotia"<BR><FONT color=3D#0000ff><U><A = href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/birdingns"=20 = eudora=3D"autourl">http://tinyurl.com/birdingns<BR></A></U></FONT>Downloa= dable=20 Nova Scotia Maps for inside front and back covers:<BR><A=20 href=3D"http://tinyurl.com/mr627d"=20 eudora=3D"autourl">http://tinyurl.com/mr627d</A> <BR><BR>White's Lake, = Nova=20 Scotia, Canada=20 <P> <HR> <P></P><BR>No virus found in this incoming message.<BR>Checked by AVG = -=20 www.avg.com <BR>Version: 8.5.421 / Virus Database: 270.14.5/2419 - = Release=20 Date: 10/07/09 05:18:00<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_00F7_01CA472F.71F950C0--
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