• possible ground down teeth from shark skin

Offshore Killer Whale Teeth

Suspected tough sharkskin causing teeth to grind down.

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  1. beamreach.org (45 months ago | reply)

    That's a fantastic shot, Rachael! Where is this skull located? Any history known? (How old? Where found?)

  2. Aqua Green (45 months ago | reply)

    On August 29, 1997 a dead killer whale was reported drifting 17 miles
    offshore. It took the Strawberry Isle Marine Research Society’s small research boat eleven hours to tow the carcass to Strawberry Isle, with many re-fueling visits from whale-watching boats. The 5.5m (18ft) female orca’s saddle patch and dorsal fin identified her as O120, a member of the elusive offshore group of killer whales. No clear cause of death was found, though her heavily worn teeth and thin blubber suggest that she may have been old and far removed from her home in more southern waters. After a year of bleaching the bones in the sun, Society member Dominique Dupuis (Pipot) and a crew of volunteers put in close to 700 hours scrubbing and treating the bones with a non-toxic penetrating epoxy. Pipot and Robinson Cook created the ingenious orca-sized framework that supports the skeleton. The Build-A-Whale exhibit has inspired people in classrooms and at community events all over Vancouver Island, and will continue touring after it leaves the BC Experience.

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  4. Aqua Green (28 months ago | reply)

    From eating Sleeper sharks - www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/content.php?si d=3611

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