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Bay/Sound:
Adriatic Sea  Search this
Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, Adriatic Sea  Search this
Length - Total:
1320 cm
Preparation:
Skeleton
Skull
Sex:
Female
Place:
Piran Bay, Slovenia, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
Mar 2003
Notes:
Found floating. Skeleton exhibited in the Slovenian Museum of Natural History. Described and Photographed by Kodric et al 2012.
Kodric, Mojca Jernejc, Staša Tome and Boris Kryštufek (2012). "Fin whale skeleton in the Slovenian Museum of Natural History [Okostje brazdastega kita v Prirodislovenem muzeju Slovenije]." Scopolia 77: 1-168. Abstract - In March 2003, the Slovenian Museum of Natural History acquired a 13.2 m long female Fin Whale (Balaenoptera physalus), which had been found as a floating carcass in Piran Bay, Slovenia. The procedures associated with the acquisition of formal permits for the adoption of the carcass are described, as well as for its immersion to a depth of about 20 metres, where left to its natural decomposition. Thereupon, its bones were lifted to the surface, desalinated, fat removed from them through chemical extraction with organic dichloromethane solvent, and consolidated. In 2011, the whale's skeleton was assembled from individual bones. On September 15th of the same year, it was finally exhibited within the framework of the 190th anniversary of the Provincial Museum of Carniola, direct predecessor of the Slovenian Museum of Natural History. The article describes and photographically presents the Fin Whale's individual bones. The last chapter is dedicated to the planning and implementation ofthe exhibition in the context of natural heritage interpretation, the accompanying programmes, promotion and evaluation ofthe exhibition.
Record Last Modified:
8 Dec 2017
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae
Published Name:
Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR18426
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d0078d78-f22b-410a-a315-bc9382dddca9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_10788140