Sentences with phrase «toipahautea whale skeleton»

Putting the sperm whale's bones together are self - described whale gypsies Andrew Konnerth, a biologist, and his artist - jeweler wife of 57 years, Jean, who travel the world reassembling whale skeletons.

There are an estimated 690,000 whale skeletons rotting in the world's oceans at any time, though this is not a new phenomenon.

But at least the bones are clean and white and, unlike those of the blue whale skeleton, grease free.

Now researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have examined 16 sperm whale skeletons collected since 1870 and found pockmarks and erosion in the bones of adult whales.

Burial in the ancient sea of Zealandia: a Toipahautea whale skeleton is slowly covered by sand 27 - 28 million years ago, on its path to become a fossil.

Bone - eating worms: Scientists recently discovered how worms with no mouth wiggle their way through whale skeletons.

Explore a 3D model of the Museum's blue whale skeleton and learn more about how these animals behave.

The Museum's scientists study marine specimens from around the globe, from tiny fossils to vast whale skeletons.

Relive the history of the Museum's 25 - metre blue whale skeleton in the interactive online experience.

A vast blue whale skeleton is set to welcome visitors through the Museum's main entrance from summer 2017.

Discover how crumpled newspapers have turned a blue whale skeleton into a historical treasure trove.

The images of the decaying fishing boats, whale skeleton and church ruins provide powerful symbols of a great and glorious culture that now feels like a relic of the past.

Students gather in the museum's main entrance, underneath a fin whale skeleton acquired by the museum in 1905.

A huge whale skeleton rests alongside the drained skateboarding pool, and a dozen old surfboards line the outside of a small, thicket shack perched on the edge of a 50 - foot - high cliff overlooking the Pacific.

This former whaling station houses a museum where you can see giant whale skeletons, harpoons and scrimshaw (etchings on whalebone).

Even human ones, but the whale skeleton, hanging from the ceiling, is more impressive.

See a 40 - foot whale skeleton, read about the history of whaling, and spend a little bit of time on your vacation learning about something new.

See the 35 - foot Gray Whale skeleton and learn more about Northwest sea life in the hands - on discovery center.

Check out the large bones on the whale skeletons (no licking the glass, please!).

Viewed through the eyes of Baja California explorer Miguel del Barco, exhibits include a 43 - foot - long whale skeleton suspended from the ceiling, a historical original map collection, and more.

Walk right up to a life size, 74 - foot Blue Whale skeleton.

For an educational experience, the Fraser Coast Discovery Sphere is the ideal place to learn about the life of the humpback whale and biodiversity of Fraser Island, with interactive displays and activities including a full size replica of a whale skeleton.

Every year a fresh coat of paint is applied to our famous gray whale skeleton to help protect it from the elements.

Come to MacKerricher State Park Visitor Center to help paint and preserve our whale skeleton.

On July 14, a blue whale skeleton will be unveiled in the Natural History Museum's Hintze Hall, replacing much - loved replica dinosaur Dippy.

A section of the aquarium is dedicated to marine mammals, with a real juvenile Gray Whale skeleton displayed inside!

Whale skeletons from the Department of Vertebrate Zoology's marine mammals collections are displayed in storage at the Smithsonian Institution's Museum Support Center (MSC), located in Suitland, Maryland.

A whale skeleton?

Gabriel Orozco dredges up a whale skeleton and thousands of objects from the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.

Natural Motion brings together well - known works by Gabriel Orozco (born 1962), such as Dark Wave (an enormous suspended and decorated whale skeleton), alongside examples of more recent work, such as carved river stones, plus a comprehensive presentation of his ongoing work in terracotta.

It accompanies the museum's unveiling this summer of a blue whale skeleton in its majestic central hall to replace Dippy the dinosaur, a shift in emphasis from extinct marvels to endangered wonders.

The Mexican artist is known for many kinds of work: from drawings on skulls and whale skeletons, to moulded clay hearts and chessboards filled only with knights.

The Cetaceans Gallery presents specimens — including a 18 - meter - long fin whale skeleton -, and sections focused on Cetaceans» biology, on the history of whale hunting, and on the various species of cetaceans living in the Mediterranean Sea.

What the wall says: «The life - size outline of a whale skeleton is just visible when viewed from a distance.

A shot of the halfvisible skeletal shape of a decomposing whale buried on a deserted beach echoes a drawing of a whale skeleton with the title Death, which is part of Leonora (2006), a work by Lucy Skaer also in the Hunterian collection.

Dorothy Cross Whale, 2011 Cuvier whale skeleton, cord, wood, rusted bucket and marble plinth dimensions variable

Schneider popped up again a few weeks later with a solo exhibition at Gallery 169 in Santa Monica Canyon featuring a suspended whale skeleton cast in home - made phosphorescent resin.

Up close the viewer is engulfed in a sea of ink lines and swirls; from afar these marks form an image of Hokusai's famous Wave and of a whale skeleton.

Born in Fort St. John, British Columbia to a Swiss father and an Aboriginal mother from the Dane - zee tribe, Jungen is well known for projects such as the Prototype for New Understanding series (1998 - 2005), where disassembled Nike Air Jordan sneakers were reconfigured into twenty - three different simulations of Northwest Coast Aboriginal masks; and Shapeshifter (2000), one from a series of three large - scale whale skeletons constructed from white plastic lawn chairs.

Many of her pieces have previously incorporated objects found locally on the seashore, including boats and whale skeletons.

Witness the whale skeleton fossils that have been found in and near Richmond.

The bird, named «Avery,» was created just for the Bioneers conference, but it is one of many other large sculptures, including just goldfish, whale skeletons, starfish and other animals impacted by floating plastics.

Not exact matches

It still sometimes drips from the skeleton of a 66 - foot blue whale that hangs from the ceiling of the Jacobs Family Gallery.

From «immortal» jellyfish that age in reverse, to zombie bone worms that eat the skeletons of dead whales, the ocean is full of bizarre characters.

Instead the skeleton, mounted by wire from both floor and ceiling, will float at eye level for visitors, attesting in a new, permanent exhibit to the evolving relationship — happily, a more respectful one — between humans and whales.

Pyenson et al. report that the site, Cerro Ballena, dates to the Late Miocene period and consists of over 40 skeletons of marine vertebrates, including rorqual and sperm whales, seals, predatory fishes, and fascinating, now completely extinct, species such as walrus - whales and aquatic sloths.

Ancient baleen whales found in the same area «would have been perfect prey for such an animal,» says Lambert, who has returned to Peru in search of the rest of Livyatan's skeleton.

A 36 - million - year - old fossil skeleton is revealing a critical moment in the history of baleen whales: what happened when the ancestors of these modern - day filter feeders first began to distinguish themselves from their toothy, predatory predecessors.

A fossil partial skull, teeth, and associated skeleton of a small toothed whale, estimated 2 - 2.5 m long.

This tiny whale was an adult individual, judging from fused bones in the skeleton.