Photo: Doctoral Candidate Kelly Flanders stands with the orca skull and tooth she’s taken for isotope analysis. Photo by Nate King. Recent visitors to the Museum may have noticed our orca skull went missing for a few days. Not to worry, it’s back on display but missing a tooth, which is currently living in a lab in UC San Diego where Doctoral candidate Kelly Flanders is using it to do some incredibly interesting work. We got the chance to sit down with Kelly when she initially extracted the tooth, and she was gracious enough to tell her all about her work. Q: Can you tell us a bit about what y ..read more

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In Part 4 we read how Larry Foster’s visit to Pacific Grove sparked Sandy’s refurbishment by our City Public Works.  Over the summer she was looked especially good for all those selfies and group photos.  The busy tourist season resurfaced questions about other Sandy sculptures such as, “Does that whale have a twin across the bay?” And, one of my favorites, “I heard that whale flew over the San Francisco Bay!”  Listening to those questions rekindled my curiosity             In Part 5 we look at two other whales on bays that share stories with Sandy.   SANTA CRUZ MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY ..read more