Bones and Skeletons
In this episode we ask, “How do museums put together skeletons?”
The short answer is, they have experts do it for them.
Say hello to Mike de Roos and Michi Main.
They put skeletons together for a living!
Steller sea lion at the University of British Columbia (UBC) Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) exhibit
Three Pacific white sided dolphins at UBC AERL exhibit (one of Mike’s favourites)
On the left, a walrus skull from Saahlinda Naay – Saving Things House (the Haida Gwaii Museum). The skull has not been reconstructed but is displayed as it was found. On the right, Rosie the walrus skull from the Qualicum Beach Museum. The light parts of Rosie’s skull have been reconstructed. That means parts of the skull that were missing were recreated. This skull was reconstructed by experts in the Museum of Nature in Ottawa.
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