Balaenoptera acutorostrata (minke whale) - MH-03-621

Abstract

Balaenoptera acutorostrata (minke whale) - MH-03-621 - male - 6.7 m - Pelvic location - Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 21.3-foot (255 inches), ~8,400 lb., sub-adult male that washed ashore very fresh on Singing Beach, Manchester, Essex Co., MA. This animal had deep cuts on its tail stock suggesting that it was probably carrying rope until it died although none was on the whale when it was found. It was very thin, but the stomach had a large quantity of small fish (herring?) bones from a recent meal. The entire skeleton was salvaged, along with one rack of baleen, the next day. The skeleton was given to The World of Nature Museum of Osteology, Oklahoma City,