The Finished product of the work of skeletal preparation of L51 is now suspended above the lab benches in Catrin Brown’s Biology Lab. The mount was made by students and Hans Bauer, a former faculty member who volunteered for the job, along with Hugo Sutmoller.
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- Full length view from the front
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- View from rear
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- JAWS
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- Rib cage
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- Arm and hand close up. Note the pentadactyl limb
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- Upper and lower mandibles
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- The hyoid process under the neck.
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- Front right side view
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- mid ribs
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- Tail
See the flensing of the orca L51 by Pearson College students
A serious contaminant of Orcas in the southern Vancouver island area is PCBs. Male Orcas accumulate these chemicals throughout their life, whereas females are purported to increase in levels until a birth, whereupon the levels in the tissue drop as a result of lactation.
For more information on contaminants in the Orca Food web, see the following Link:
“Is Victoria Sewage Contaminating Southern Resident Killer Whales?“
A Technical Submission to the SETAC Victoria Sewage Scientific and Technical Review Panel
By Gerald Graham, Ph. D. Marine Environmental Consultant
On behalf of the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation