SKELETON OF RARE WHALE
The condition of the skeleton of. the porpoise 'whale, ■which was foiuid on the Oha'wi, Beach, Taranaki, has enabled j\Jr. G. ,'Sliepherd, curator of the Wanganui■ Museum, to collect- all the teeth with the .exception of the foremost 'tuslfs . and' one or two which had- .fallen out and been lost, as well ,as several of the smaller skull bones, which have been brought to Wanganui, reports "The. Herald." It is probable that the remains of the carcass will bo dismembered ' arid the bones cleaned preparatory to removal and assembly at the museum, wh'ere.tho skeleton will be the second of it's kind bti view in any public place.,'the skeleton, appeared on the Oha'wd Beaeli recently, but was washed away by the tide and reappeared on the same beach on Sunday. Mr. Shepherd recognised it as a s'pecitncn. of Berardius Arnouxi, which is perhaps the oldest of. the whale family and is gradually becoming extinct. Only ten have previously been recorded in New Zealand waters,
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Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 13
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167SKELETON OF RARE WHALE Evening Post, Volume CXVI, Issue 145, 16 December 1933, Page 13
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