Dear MARMAN Members,
On a Research Trip to South America we found in a Museum near Montevideo in Uruguay, a skeleton of a Southern Right Whale with an lot of bony excrescence on several vertebras.

Does anybody seen a skeleton with such a deformation?

Does anybody know what could be the cause for such bony outgrowths?

And, more theoretical, what could be the impact of the whales live?

Photos are available on http://www.pottwale.de/srw

We would appreciate any information to:
Andrea.Steffen@wale-delfine.de
Best regards

Andrea Steffen
Project leader
Society for Dolphin Conservation
Gesellschaft zur Rettung der Delfine e.V.
Germany