In September of this year, the National
Museum of Natural History in the Netherlands (NCBnaturalis), will host an
exhibition about cetaceans; part of this exhibition is international and
touring Europe (currently it is in Bruxelles). But the Museum will add its own
touches: among other things we will put skeletons of six species from the collection
on display and of those cetacean species we would like to obtain some sound
material if available. Chris Smeenk and I are somewhat involved with
ideas/advise for this exhibition, hence our request.
1)
Right Whale (Eubalaena
glacialis or E. australis)
2)
Orca (Orcinus
orca)
3)
Common dolphin (Delphinus
delphis)
4)
Pygmy sperm whale (Kogia
breviceps)
5)
Narwhal (Monodon
monoceros)
6)
Northern Bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon
ampullatus)
The intention is to use some of the sounds of
the species mentioned above as a background display in the exhibition. If you
do have material available and are willing to help us please contact me with
the information about what kind of material you have available and what the
conditions of using your material would be. I will than put you in touch with
the exhibition developers at my institute for whom I have made this request.
Regards,
Marjan Addink
NCBnaturalis