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Re:Blue whale skeleton at New Bedford museum still oozing oil by poulsbohemian on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:40PM (#41889689)
I think you are probably right, but then the natural question becomes - why? As in, is there something unique to this specimen and it's display? If I drive over to the aquarium in my state and examine the whale display, would it also drip?
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Re:Blue whale skeleton at New Bedford museum still oozing oil by ekelsen on Saturday October 19, 2024 @02:46PM (#41889726)
Probably not -- very few whale skeletons on display are from recently deceased whales. Just a random lookup -- the one in the London Natural History Museum is from 1891. Seems likely that when it was new it also leaked some oil?
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