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The Lewis and Clark Expedition documented three whales dring their 1805-1806 arrival and wintering on the Pacific Ocean. The whale skeleton commemorates William clark's observation of 19th March 1805 near present day Long Beach. "I saw...Several joings of the backbone of a whale which must have foundered on this part of the coast"
In May of 2000, a 38-foot long sub-adult male Gray Whale beached and died about one mile north of the skeleton placement shown here. A decomposing whale will create an overwhelming smell, so the whale was buried on the beach. The City of Long Beach received permission for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to display the skeleton. In March of 2002, students, city employees and biologists located and carefully excavated the skeleton. The bones were cleaned and preserved. In April of 2003 the bones were rearticulated into the skeleton shown here. |
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