[SEMCO] Man and Whales #4

[Robert Rocha]

Join us at the New Bedford Whaling Museum tomorrow night for:

 

Man and Whales: Changing Views Through Time

Lecture #4

Flensing / Rendering - Wednesday, March 18, 2009  6:30 p.m.

Presenters: Rob Ellis, Gare Reid and Michael Moore

 

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.  

 

Then: 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. 

 

Now: 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
Whaling Museum.  He'll explain how and why dead whales are critical
sources of information about the individuals and their respective
species.

 

Free to WM members, $5 for general public.

 

 

 

Robert C. Rocha, Jr.

Science Programs Manager/

Co-Principal Investigator

New Bedford ECHO Project

 

New Bedford Whaling Museum

18 Johnny Cake Hill

New Bedford, MA  02740

(508) 997-0046 x149 or (508) 717-6849

 

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