#dolphin skull

[birbbones]

-Happy Halloween!-

(Cetaceans under license)

[nicholask-la]

From July, 2023

[ben-dover-art]

I saw this photo of the skull of a set of conjoined dolphin twins and I was like oh yeah lets do it.

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[tentacleonastick]

taking up space and killing time

[moana-matron-designs]

I recently got invited to a behind-the-scenes at an EPICLY stocked specimens museum, one that supplies a lot of the major natural history museums.

I spent the whole day nerding out SO hard.

[dread-doughnuts]

Two cetacean skulls from the Museum of Science in Boston: a harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and a long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas).

Harbour porpoises are among the smallest marine mammals, with adults only reaching between 4.6-6.2 ft and 134-168 lbs. The species has a wide range, with different populations found in the coastal waters of the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and Black Sea. The species as a whole considered Least Concern by the IUCN with a population of at least 700,000 worldwide, however, certain specific populations are declining. The species is very well-known to whale watchers due to their abundance and preference for coastal waters.

Long-finned pilot whales are a large species of oceanic dolphin found in both the North Atlantic and the oceans of the Southern Hemisphere, with these two populations being classified as separate subspecies. Historically, a third population existed in the North Pacific but it became extinct around the 8th-12th centuries. Long-finned pilot whales are the most common cetacean species to be involved in mass strandings, with strandings of up to 1,000 animals being documented. Certain populations are considered to be at risk, however the species is considered Least Concern overall.

[clockworklemon]

Selling prints of this! Dm me for commissions

[runwilld-youngbeauty]

let us welcome Uncle Death, leader of the Death Mafia