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A Bryde's whale catches a meal
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Bryde's Whale

 The three ridges on the top of Bryde's and Eden's whales distinguishes it from...
a Bryde's whale surfaces
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Bryde's Whale

 A Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) takes a quick breath at the sea surface. ...
A baleen plate with a drawing of a ship in paint
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Artful Baleen Plates

 In the years following World War II, Japan’s infrastructure was devastated and...
an ancient sea turtle swims with a mosasaur and ancient cephalopods
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Ancient Turtle

 The first fully marine turtles emerged during the Cretaceous Period, a span of time...
A half-cast and skeleton of a humpback whale in the National Museum
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A Half-Cast of a Whale

 Joseph Palmer’s half-cast and skeleton of a humpback whale, shortly after it was...
A blue whale model in the Life in the Sea exhibit
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The Second Whale

 A close-up of the life-size blue whale model in the new “Life in the Sea” hall,...
A model of a right whale hangs in the Ocean Hall
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Phoenix Arrives

 A view of the model of Phoenix in the new Sant Ocean Hall, 2003. ...
A painter sponges grey spots on the model whale
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The Newest Whale

 Exhibits preparator painting the model of Phoenix in 2003. ...
The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum
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A Whale at the Museum

 Remington Kellogg and Leonhard Stejneger with the 1903 blue, or sulphur-bottom,...
a triceratops skeleton and a blue whale model
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The World's Fair

 A view of the National Museum exhibit with the blue whale cast in the U.S....
a worker sits inside the cast of a whale
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The Cast of a Whale

 Workers in the shed in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian building preparing the...
Workers in a shed preparing the cast of the blue whale
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A Whale's Head

 Workers in the shed in the South Yard behind the Smithsonian building preparing the...