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The 1903 blue whale in the Natural History Museum

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A Century of Whales at the Smithsonian

April 2019

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An unidentified earplug from the National Museum of Natural History collection.

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Ocean Objects of Wonder

March 2017

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A crew works on creating a life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix

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Crew Works on Phoenix Model

January 2010

An early scale model of North Atlantic right whale Phoenix that was used to develop a life size model for the Smithsonian shows the location of scars on her mouth from entanglements with fishing gear.

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Phoenix: Mouth Scarring

January 2010

A model marker applies paint to the life-size, meticulously detailed model of the North Atlantic right whale Phoenix.

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Painting the Model of Phoenix

January 2010