Why the Smithsonian has world’s largest whale bone collection

In Animals, Marine Science, Science & Nature, Video / 7 June 2017

Did you know the Smithsonian’s museum support center is home to the largest collection of whale bones EVER? Madeline Sofia from Joe’s Big Idea takes a tour, talks whale bones and what they can teach us, with paleobiologist Nick Pyenson.

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Tags: endangered species, mammals, National Museum of Natural History, prehistoric, whales