Largest Animal on Earth
- Once articulated, our Blue Whale skeleton (digitally articulated in the image above) will be the 21st specimen on display in the world.
Since we recovered her bones from the ground in 2013 (see full blue whale story), our 73-ft blue whale skeleton has been the center of our classroom marine mammal education program, giving local kids a truly unique hands on education. But as the oil in the bones attracts animals of all kinds, we have also struggled to safely protect and repair the bones of our beautiful skeleton.
As we continue to develop the plans for the larger campus, we intend to build our La-BONE-atory, or articulation workshop, on the property to safely secure the bones and to begin her degreasing, restoration, and articulation.
Once restored, this incredible specimen, and all the marine mammals that come after her, will be on display at our Ocean Science Center on the Fort Bragg Headlands.
Marine mammal beach response First grade field trip to the boneyard Beautiful bones Our blue whale bones on public display Articulated blue whale at University of British Columbia UBC blue whale Field education at
waste water treatment plantBones in storage Laying our the skeleton Kids and bones! Hands to hands Vertebral Column
