{"id":195,"date":"2021-10-20T03:41:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T03:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/scipos\/wordpress\/?p=195"},"modified":"2022-01-14T20:47:50","modified_gmt":"2022-01-14T20:47:50","slug":"scipos-montage-creatures-below","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/scipos\/wordpress\/2021\/10\/20\/scipos-montage-creatures-below\/","title":{"rendered":"SciPos Montage: Creatures Below"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--WXSHZXOKsU\/VXnC_VTMUVI\/AAAAAAAABRY\/XaTNqIE_uLs\/s1600\/20150520_083144ab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"212\" width=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--WXSHZXOKsU\/VXnC_VTMUVI\/AAAAAAAABRY\/XaTNqIE_uLs\/s320\/20150520_083144ab.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/--WXSHZXOKsU\/VXnC_VTMUVI\/AAAAAAAABRY\/XaTNqIE_uLs\/s1600\/20150520_083144ab.jpg\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Stephanie Smith atop a Baird&#8217;s Beaked Whale. Photo by Aaron Barna.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qg3dck8WrOg\/VXnC_PDFNFI\/AAAAAAAABRU\/ImmRX6mWGZM\/s1600\/20150520_084451ab.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"213\" width=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qg3dck8WrOg\/VXnC_PDFNFI\/AAAAAAAABRU\/ImmRX6mWGZM\/s320\/20150520_084451ab.jpg\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/-Qg3dck8WrOg\/VXnC_PDFNFI\/AAAAAAAABRU\/ImmRX6mWGZM\/s1600\/20150520_084451ab.jpg\"><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>Cooper French flensing a Baird&#8217;s Beaked Whale. Photo by Aaron Barna.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of weeks ago Jeff Bradley brought a bunch of volunteers from the Burke (including Steph and Cooper!) to Grayland to flens (de-blubber) and clean the bones of a whale that washed up on the beach. We also had help from some cool people from Cascadia and Highline Community College. The whale was a Baird&#8217;s Beaked Whale, which is a really super duper whale that looks like a big fat dolphin, and is pretty rare, with only 4 strandings ever recorded in Washington! Here are some neat facts about Baird&#8217;s Beaked Whales:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nmfs.noaa.gov\/pr\/species\/mammals\/cetaceans\/beakedwhale_bairds.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">http:\/\/www.nmfs.noaa.gov\/pr\/species\/mammals\/cetaceans\/beakedwhale_bairds.htm<\/a>&nbsp; It was a 38-foot long female and had recently given birth. We collected tissue samples from several organs, and I got to see a whale heart in real life, which is basically the size of a beach ball. Awesome. We buried the bones so they would get cleaned off, and then later we&#8217;ll go dig them all up and hopefully mount the skeleton in the new Burke!! It was the best day ever.<br>~Steph<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On another note, Eliza Heery, who does a lot of scuba diving in Puget Sound for her research, made this beautiful underwater video documenting some of what she sees diving&nbsp;<em>in Seattle<\/em>. Check it out!&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/gnnZ2jvg2Fk\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/gnnZ2jvg2Fk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stephanie Smith atop a Baird&#8217;s Beaked Whale. Photo by Aaron Barna. 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