Dear all In The Netherlands, whales have been brought to extinction centuries ago. In recent years, we experience some sort of a return of larger cetaceans and I try very hard to carefully document whatever happens in the southern North Sea by collecting sightings and documenting the material with descriptions, pictures and the like. Sometimes you receive material that triggers imagination, but little else. Anyone out there having a clue what animal we are looking at http://home.planet.nl/~camphuys/flukes.html (not just a name please, but also why this should be the species suggested)? Any help appreciated. For those wishing to know what happens down here, check out the recent lists of sightings at http://home.planet.nl/~camphuys/Cetacea.html Sincerely, Kees Camphuysen kees.camphuysen@wxs.nl ************************************************************************************************* ***************** Kees (C.J.) Camphuysen, Ankerstraat 20, 1794 BJ Oosterend, Texel, The Netherlands + 31 222 318744 kees.camphuysen@wxs.nl Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands + 31 222 369488 camphuys@nioz.nl ************************************************************************************************* *****************