Whale Bone Scrimshaw - a photo on Flickriver

You may be surprised by this picture because we are still at the Melbourne Zoo. It is a piece of modern scrimshaw: A folk art where whalers used to carve amazing detail onto pieces of whalebone or walrus teeth. These days, thankfully, whaling is an industry that is almost extinct. And the result is that whale numbers are returning. Very good news for whale watchers.
www.sea.museum/2016/02/12/scrimshaw-a-whalers-pastime

Every so often on Victoria's southern coastline a whale will be washed ashore. In most cases these will be dead whales. But occasionally (we still don't know why) pods of whales will beach themselves. After one such event the Melbourne Zoo collected some of the bones of a Blue Whale (the largest mammal that has ever existed on earth), and made a small display of them. This particular bone, a rib one would think, was then carved in the form of scrimshaw to convey an educational message about Blue Whales.

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And with that we conclude our short visit (I only had 90 minutes to spare) to the Melbourne Zoo. There is so much more to see.

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Tomorrow I will start to show you some photos from an evening horse race meeting in Launceston.

Taken in: Australia / Victoria / Parkville (show map)

Taken on: December 16, 2020

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Camera: Nikon D850, f/6.3, 1/800 sec, 24mm, ISO 200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D850
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.001 sec (1/800)
Focal Length:	24mm
ISO:	200
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	No Flash
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Capture One 20 Windows
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