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Whale News: What's happening with #2030? September, 2001 |
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Workers are about 85% finished with the assemblage of Right Whale #2030 in PRI's greenhouse. The vertebrae have been mounted in three sections on specially designed steel supports. |
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The lower jaw bone (left) is extremely difficult to drill through...the outer bone is nearly as strong as steel! A worker operates the drill (right) as it bores a hole through the jaw in preparation for support mounts. |
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Each vertebrae had 2 holes drilled
into it and were fitted with mounts. Pipes were then installed (right)
through the holes as supports. One section
of the vertebrae, at right, are temporarily resting in a wooden
cradle.
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Read about other whales in the news at the Center for Coastal Studies. |
| page last updated 9/20/01 |
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