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	<title>Te Papa's Blog &#187; Pygmy right whale</title>
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		<title>Museum science dissections &#8211; a new trend?</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2009/01/08/museum-science-dissections-a-new-trend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pamelalovis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems like New Zealand museums are setting a new trend for staging scientific dissections of big interesting animals and getting the public involved in them online.
It&#8217;s a great way to engage visitors with the scientific activities of natural history museums &#8211; it takes the behind-the-scenes stuff out into the public arena. And it can [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=1136&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Update on dissection and findings</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/09/update-on-dissection-and-findings/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 03:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pygmy right whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whales | Tohorā]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anatomy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The whale has now been completed dissected and the  organs such as intestine, kidneys and heart, are being preserved in a formalin solution.  the bones are being flensed (stripped of muscle).  The stomach content revealed nothing out of the ordinary.


Dr Joy Reidenberg is now in the process of investigating respiratory tract.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=465&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Viscera revealed</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/09/viscera-revealed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 23:59:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pygmy right whale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Whales | Tohorā]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anatomy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning the internal organs were individually explored. The blood vessels near the heart showed that this whale successfully changed from an intra uterine to extra uterine life (technically, the ductus arteriosus was closed).
The ductus arteriosus is a blood vessel that circulates oxygenated blood received from the mother whale while the baby whale is in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=461&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last day of dissection</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/09/last-day-of-dissection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning the internal organs will be removed and preserved in jars for later study.
I am assured that this will reduce the smell &#8211;  I have a pretty good stomach for this kind of thing but whale guts smell bad!

You can see part of the jaw being removed in the above picture and below [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=458&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lungs and heart</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/lungs-and-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:24:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pygmy right whale]]></category>
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Above is a picture of the Pygmy right whale lung, it&#8217;s about 45cm long when stretched out like it is below. The lungs sit under the backbone of the whale and isn&#8217;t divided into lobes like human lungs are.
The scientists told me that they think it&#8217;s smaller than usual in a whale of this size.

The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=453&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Guts &#8216;n&#8217; stuff</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/guts-n-stuff/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/guts-n-stuff/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 05:23:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pygmy right whale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The scientists have removed the rib bones from one half of the whale.  It&#8217;s getting a little bit smelly!

When the scientists lifted the intestine out, I could see it was attached by a thin but very tough membrane and in the membrane were&#8230;

Not chicken pox! Those darker lumps are lymph nodes!
Lymph channels are important [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=449&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How baby whales feed</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/how-baby-whales-feed/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/how-baby-whales-feed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 03:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Pygmy right whale]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[
Above you see the tongue of the baby pygmy right whale.  Whales lips aren&#8217;t flexible enough to form a suction around the mother&#8217;s nipple like human babies do.
To latch on to the mother&#8217;s nipple, a baby whale curls its tongue.  A good suction is assisted by the flaps on either side of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=446&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Structures of the throat are well preserved</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/structures-of-the-throat-are-well-preserved/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/structures-of-the-throat-are-well-preserved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 23:52:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drs Reidenberg and Fordyce are now actively uncovering the deeper tissues of the throat.  This specimen is in an excellent state of preservation, so that delicate tissues like nerves are easy to identify.
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		<title>Update from scientists-rib structure</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/update-from-scientists-rib-structure/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/08/update-from-scientists-rib-structure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 22:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
The scientists are removing the muscle layer to reveal the pygmy right whale&#8217;s unusual bone structure.

This is Dr Sentiel Rommel&#8217;s thoughts on the rib structure:
You can see  the  ribs gradually changing to the unique flattened and overlapping ribs on the right.  the space between the ribs allows them to move as the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=blog.tepapa.govt.nz&blog=3060992&post=440&subd=tepapa&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hairs? on a whale?</title>
		<link>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/07/hairs-on-a-whale/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2008/05/07/hairs-on-a-whale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 04:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>janekeig</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was a bit surprised to find out that whales have hair!

Cath Kemper said:
&#8216;Most whales and dolphins are born with a few hairs on their face. Most will lose these hairs within weeks of birth but some species, such as humpbacks and maybe pygmy right whales, retain them as adults.&#8217;
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