Sentences with phrase «for whale bones»

Beachcombing for whale bones, dune hiking, and bird watching is excellent.

Not exact matches

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Designed to show the public the meticulous process of slotting the whale's bones together, the cetacean work in progress is also a much sought after prize for the museum.

Instead of submerging the 45 - ton carcass in the ocean, where tidal movements and sea creatures could clean the bones — as was done with the blue whale — the museum's restoration team buried the sperm whale for three months in a 60 - ton layer cake of hay mixed with bacteria - rich horse and elephant manure, procured from local farmers and an obliging zoo.

For those of you who have been following the story of Bone Dusters Paleo Ale, the beer made with yeast living on a 35 - million - year old whale fossil, there's exciting news out of Lost Rhino Brewery today.

The evidence for this comes from megalodon tooth marks found on whale bones.

Whales for instance show similarly «osteoporotic - like» bone.

«People that really know the reproductive biology of whales and dolphins already know and have known that these pelvic bones are an anchor point for reproductive organs,» co-corresponding author and Collections Manager of Mammalogy at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Jim Dines said.

The 14C ages were corrected for mass - dependent fractionation with measured δ13C values, 33 and compared with samples of Pleistocene whale bone or calcite (backgrounds, > 48 14C kyr BP), late Holocene bison bone (∼ 1,850 14C BP), late AD 1800s cow bone and OX - 2 oxalic acid standards for calibration.

Whether the bond is with a woman who has lost the will to live, an Orca whale (both seen in «Rust and Bone»), a cheating wife - beater («Mystery»), a ghost («Mekong Hotel»), or a male prostitute («Paradise: Love»), things don't always turn out for the best.

The Cannes Film Festival in May saw the premiere of the French film Rust and Bone, and critics were quick to praise previous Best Actress winner Marion Cotillard for her work as a double - amputee whale trainer (if that doesn't qualify as «Oscar bait,» I'm not sure what does).

[citation needed] Whale bones were used for many purposes.

And it makes no bones about giving Hermanus a run for its money as far as getting up close and personal with whales goes.

March 12 - 18: Blue whale and orca bones on display for the public!

Photographs of a series of what might be called «sculptural vignettes» bring together objects and images — including archival and vintage personal photographs, actual things (e.g., a whale bone, a ceramic frog, a pomegranate), maps, celestial landscapes, and fragments of writing on paper, among others — many of which Stuart collected and have been with her for years.