Balaenoptera acutorostrata (minke whale) - MH-03-474
Balaenoptera acutorostrata (minke whale) - MH-03-474
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2003-05-15
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Minke whale
Minke whale
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Balaenoptera acutorostrata (minke whale) -MH-03-474 - MCZ 64073 - female - 7.5 m - Pelvic location - Harvard University 24.6-foot (740 cm) adult female washed ashore with rope marks at Bass Rocks, Gloucester, Essex Co., MA. The carcass was pulled off the rocky shore and towed to a nearby sand beach where the entire skeleton was salvaged on 15 May. The baleen was taken by the Whale Research Center.