http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/09/viscera-revealed/ Our place, our voices Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/09/viscera-revealed/#comment-1453 Jackie Mon, 12 May 2008 09:32:07 +0000 http://tepapa.wordpress.com/?p=461#comment-1453 Thanks for replying! I just thought that maybe the cause of death might have been obvious (obviously not :-) ) Thanks for replying! I just thought that maybe the cause of death might have been obvious (obviously not )

]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/09/viscera-revealed/#comment-1444 Anton Sun, 11 May 2008 22:45:29 +0000 http://tepapa.wordpress.com/?p=461#comment-1444 This dissection was to study the anatomy of the whale, if the purpose was to look for cause of death in a specific way we could not have undertaken the work that we have done. To look for cause of death we would really needed to do an examination at the time of death. We can say that it had a couple of broken ribs, but these were unlikely to be the cause of stranding or death in the animal. This animal provided a tremendous amount of information that will go a long way towards a better understanding of the species. This dissection was to study the anatomy of the whale, if the purpose was to look for cause of death in a specific way we could not have undertaken the work that we have done. To look for cause of death we would really needed to do an examination at the time of death. We can say that it had a couple of broken ribs, but these were unlikely to be the cause of stranding or death in the animal. This animal provided a tremendous amount of information that will go a long way towards a better understanding of the species.

]]> http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/09/viscera-revealed/#comment-1392 Jackie Fri, 09 May 2008 00:57:30 +0000 http://tepapa.wordpress.com/?p=461#comment-1392 Just wondering, have you found a likely cause of death yet? Just wondering, have you found a likely cause of death yet?

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