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| THE SPERM WHALE ENGINEERING MANUAL or BUILDING A BIG WHALE SKELETON Vol. 2 |
| It's not like everyone is going to run out and collect a Sperm Whale, but if you were going to, or if you have a large whale to articulate, this is a manual that documents the engineering used to assemble such a big animal. It is based on the engineering done to assemble and suspend a 41-foot Sperm Whale in the Homer High School (Homer, Alaska) as a collaborative project between the Pratt Museum and the Homer High. Included are student illustrations of the bones and copies of the finest illustrations of sperm whale bones ever done. (81 pages) $34 (plus shipping) (Manuals are 8.5 X 11 inches, soft bound with spiral binding.) |
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| Twelve devoted volunteers butchered the whale in 24 hours. |
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| removing the lower jaw of the sperm whale. |
| Taking the whale out for some fresh air This was a museum/high school collaborative project. the students did the articulation work under museum supervision. photo by John Siegler |
| The finished sperm whale skeleton in the Homer High School. |
| STACY AND HER WHALE Stacy Studebaker, of Kodiak Island, Alaska, found the whale and organized local volunteers to help bury, excavate, clean, repair, articulate, move and suspend the skeleton. This was a 37-foot grey whale I articulated in 2007, with local Kodiak assistance. for a link to the grey whale project |
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