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Thank you everybody for the additional background. I recently rejoined the
list and I was not aware of the history on this Minke. The birds who were
feeding on it today were working on the area of exposed spine. There were
two sets of canine tracks (without human companionship - perhaps coyotes)
exploring near the carcass. There was no evidence of feeding as all the
tracks near the whale were cleared away by the surf.
Even if this whale is somewhat old news, it certainly made our morning walk
today interesting!
Paul
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]
On Behalf Of Randy Lauff
Sent: January-06-10 3:36 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Martinique Beach/whale carcass/eagles
If this is the same whale (I think it's likely), there are some interesting
questions here. It hasn't been scavenged much - are the coyotes too afraid
to come out that much in the open (how close is the nearest forest edge?),
or was the whale already "ripe" when it washed up (Blake?). Birds, even
eagles, have a hard time getting through the skin of a whale and tend to
need a mammalian carnivore (or a biologist with a really big blade
[http://people.stfx.ca/rlauff/photos/firstslice.jpg]) to open things up for
them.
That jaw bone may be salvageable, and would look great on the wall of a
local highschool biology lab! Salvagers may need shovels and ropes to
extract it. Maybe even a big knife. And a gas mask.
Randy
2010/1/6 Laurie Murison <gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca>
Is this not the minke whale that has been on this beach for several months -
reported October 6 by Blake Maybank and again November 11 by Jennifer
Rowlands via Randy Lauff?
The recent surf had rolled it exposing the right side that has obviously
been protected from the elements and still has skin on it. The jaw bones
are sticking out and the outline of the vertebrae are visible along the
back.
Laurie Murison
Grand Manan, NB
----- Original Message -----
From: Paul Evans <mailto:evans@hfx.eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 2:35 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Martinique Beach/whale carcass/eagles
Hello,
This morning while walking on Martinique Beach (Eastern Shore) we saw some
bird activity at a far distance near the end of the beach (gulls, crows, and
two large bird of prey). We suspected something had washed up - which
turned to be a whale.
http://www.pbase.com/ns_astronomer/martinque_beach_whale
I would appreciate someone helping with identification. I paced off the
length at about 7.5m or 8m.
The birds of prey moved off long before we were close. Later we could see
them at a distance. I had trouble identifying them at first until I noticed
the presence of a mature Bald Eagle as well - therefore I'm pretty sure
they were two immature Bald Eagles (sorry for not being sure as we didn't
get a close look).
Paul Evans
Randy
_________________________________
RF Lauff
Way in the boonies of
Antigonish County, NS.
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color:#1F497D'>Thank you everybody for the additional background. I recently
rejoined the list and I was not aware of the history on this Minke. The birds
who were feeding on it today were working on the area of exposed spine. There
were two sets of canine tracks (without human companionship – perhaps coyotes)
exploring near the carcass. There was no evidence of feeding as all the tracks
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