Sperm Whale Skeletons~Whale Bones Cleaning & Articulation~Bones

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.

The new revision includes more information
about cleaning big whale skeletons as well
as the engineering details used to articulate
and suspend a 37-foot gray whale skeleton.

(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.

THE KODIAK GR A Y WHALE

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 gr a y whale project

THE SPERM WHALE PROJECT

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