Bones !!

Purpose:

Create museum quality specimens from marine mammals found washed up on our beaches.

Raising Rudy's skeleton up in the Wharf Breezeway

Description:

Periodically, a wonderful marine specimen comes along, and dedicated Beach Watchers spend way more time than they planned for, to clean, catalog, and rearticulate the bones so that they can be used in educational displays.

Some examples:

 

Volunteer Oppportunities:

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last updated May 2007

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