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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif";font-weight:bold'>Man
and Whales: Changing Views Through Time<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif";font-weight:bold'>Lecture
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif";font-weight:bold'>Flensing
/ Rendering – Wednesday, March 18, 2009 6:30 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face="Microsoft Sans Serif"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Microsoft Sans Serif";font-weight:bold'>Presenters:
Rob Ellis, Gare Reid and Michael Moore<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Whaling voyages were well planned business operations.
Quick, efficient flensing and rendering of the captured whales was a critical
activity that followed an accepted, precise pattern of cutting and processing.
Presently, when a dead whale is found on a beach or near shore, necropsy teams
get to their tasks with a similar eye to procedure and quick action. The major
difference, naturally, is that the focus is now maximum data collection rather
than maximum collection of product. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: Rob Ellis, former
Curator, and Gare Reid, former Deputy Director at the Kendall Whaling Museum
have experience recovering samples from beached whales and subsequently
‘trying out’ whale blubber. They will share both direct and
historical knowledge on this topic. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Now</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Arial'>: Michael Moore,
Senior Research Specialist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, has led or
conducted dozens of whale necropsies; three of these involve whales whose
skeletons hang in the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Whaling</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>. He’ll
explain how and why dead whales are critical sources of information about the
individuals and their respective species.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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