dear all, I would thank all those who offered photos of bowhead whales for the guide of our Museum. I thank you all for your kind contributes. Some good images have been chosen among those sent by NOAA and we will acknowledge the contributor directly. With regard to the history of the bones of our Museum, I can tell you that they arrived in 1783 sent to Lazzaro Spallanzani by Giuseppe Alessandro Brambilla, surgeon of the emperor of Austria Joseph II. According to Luigi Cagnolaro (our major whales expert, who died few years ago), these are the only bones from Greenland whales found in an Italian museum. See article: http://www.anms.it/upload/rivistefiles/8ceb9cfdb332f5c4d3d8ca7d69c6ccfb.pdf (I'm sorry it is in italian) with my kindest regards Gianni Pavan Il giorno gio 2 mag 2019 alle ore 13:56 Gianni Pavan <gianni.pavan@gmail.com> ha scritto:
dear all, I'm writing on behalf of my colleagues of the Natural History Museum of the University of Pavia. As the Museum holds some bones of Balaena mysticetus, they are willing to show a good quality photograph of the whale and to publish it in the guide of the museum. I'd appreciate if you can suggest a source or offer a photo. We can't pay but only include thanks to the Author.
Any feedback is appreciated, Gianni Pavan
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-- Centro Interdisciplinare di Bioacustica e Ricerche Ambientali Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e dell'Ambiente Università degli Studi di Pavia Via Taramelli 24, 27100 Pavia http://www.unipv.it/cibra http://mammiferimarini.unipv.it