photo credit The Daily Mail
Right here in the middle of London, a 200 year old skeleton of an Atlantic Right Whale has been discovered in the Thames. South-East London used to be home to a large whaling port.
The head was missing - thought to have been taken inland in order to harvest the baleen for corsetry.
The skeleton is going on display at the Museum of London, and will later move to the Natural History Museum for further research.
Atlantic right whales are now an endangered species. There could be as few as 300 remaining today.
Full article here (The Daily Mail)
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