Dear all,

We are looking for photos or good drawings of the external view of female genitals of stranded large whales, when the genital slit is "naturally" opened after the stranding. We are particularly interested in sperm whales, but other large whale species may be useful as well. We would like to have such material only for visual comparisons with our own material from Greece.

It is astonishing how many photos can be found in the internet for male whale genitals, but not a single for females.

If anyone can provide a copy of a relevant reference or specific pages of it with photos or drawings (e.g. Matthews L. H. 1938, The Sperm Whale, Physeter catodon. Discovery Rep., 17, 93), this would also be a great help.

Thanks a lot in advance,
Alexandros

PS: You can keep this e-mail in your collection of funny requests that cetologists may have! :-)

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Dr. Alexandros Frantzis 
Scientific director 
Pelagos Cetacean Research Institute 
Terpsichoris 21 
16671 Vouliagmeni, 
GREECE 
Tel.: +30-210-8960108 
e-mail: afrantzis@otenet.gr 
website: http://www.pelagosinstitute.gr 
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