Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale) - MH-98-629

Abstract

Megaptera novaeangliae (humpback whale) - MH-98-629 - male - 10.00 m - Pelvic location - UMass Amherst. about 33.5-foot (402 in), male named “Footsteps” washed ashore 1 mile north of Balston Beach parking lot, Truro, Barnstable Co., MA. First found floating about 1 mile off Marconi on 3 May and washed ashore on 5 May. Footsteps was born in 1997. Skeleton, missing both scapulas which were accidently buried on beach, both pelvic bones, sternum, 1 first rib, and 4 cervical vertebrae including the atlas & axis, salvaged on 8 May for the Univ. of MA, Amherst.