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  • The Orca bone atlas is a fantastic resource for whale skeletal anatomy - you can view beautiful renderings of the skeleton and download 3d PDFs of all the bones that can then be rotated and viewed at any angle.

    The 3d scans were done by the Idaho Virtualization Laboratory

    Tagged: orca whale skeleton 3d bone Orcinus orca

    Posted on March 3, 2013 with 190 notes

    Source: ptmsc.org

  • velozee:

Zoologisches Museum Kiel

    velozee:

    Zoologisches Museum Kiel

    Tagged: scientific illustration scientific illustrations orca schwertwahl

    Posted on December 10, 2012 via Velozee with 188 notes

  • artbyaelia:

Skeleton Necklaces!
Wanted to try out some different species… had a lot of fun with these! They are available for sale through my Facebook page, and will be on my Etsy page in the near future. $20 plus shipping! 
http://www.facebook.com/ArtByAelia
http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtByAelia

    artbyaelia:

    Skeleton Necklaces!

    Wanted to try out some different species… had a lot of fun with these! They are available for sale through my Facebook page, and will be on my Etsy page in the near future. $20 plus shipping! 

    http://www.facebook.com/ArtByAelia

    http://www.etsy.com/shop/ArtByAelia

    Tagged: walrus Killer Whale Dolphin Orca Skeleton Jewelry Seal Sperm Whale

    Posted on October 14, 2012 via Art By Aelia with 109 notes

  • dendroica:

Orca and other toothed whales by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.
Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte des In- und Auslandes /. Dresden ;Expedition der vollständigsten Naturgeschichte,1845-1846.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15721204

    dendroica:

    Orca and other toothed whales by BioDivLibrary on Flickr.

    Die vollständigste Naturgeschichte des In- und Auslandes /.
    Dresden ;Expedition der vollständigsten Naturgeschichte,1845-1846.
    biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15721204

    Tagged: Mammals Smithsonian Institution Libraries Orca whale marine mammal

    Posted on August 24, 2012 via Birds on the Brain with 72 notes

  • Orca anatomy

    Orca anatomy

    Tagged: Orca anatomy Illustration killer whale Orcinus orca whale Odontoceti Cetacea mammal skeleton

    Posted on February 17, 2012 with 146 notes

    Source: carnivoraforum.com

  • “1. Delphinus orca now called Orcinus orca - The killer whale, Lacep. ; 2. Delphinus capensis, Duss. ; 5. Delphinus globiceps, Guv.”
From ‘The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization’ Henderson, 1834-1837) Cuvier, Georges, 

    “1. Delphinus orca now called Orcinus orca - The killer whale, Lacep. ; 2. Delphinus capensis, Duss. ; 5. Delphinus globiceps, Guv.”

    From ‘The animal kingdom, arranged according to its organization’ Henderson, 1834-1837) Cuvier, Georges, 

    Tagged: Delphinus orca orca Delphinus capensis Delphinus globiceps Orcinus orca killer whale Odontoceti Cetacea mammal

    Posted on February 16, 2012 with 34 notes

  • [top] Delphinus orca now called Orcinus orca - The killer whale [bottom] Balaena Mysticetus - The bowhead whale
From: ‘Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean illustrated in a voyage to Davis’s strait, during the summer of 1817’ By Bernard O’Reilly, esq Published 181

    [top] Delphinus orca now called Orcinus orca - The killer whale [bottom] Balaena Mysticetus - The bowhead whale

    From: ‘Greenland, the adjacent seas, and the North-west Passage to the Pacific Ocean illustrated in a voyage to Davis’s strait, during the summer of 1817’ By Bernard O’Reilly, esq Published 181

    Tagged: killer whale bowhead whale whale Orcinus orca Balaena Mysticetus Delphinus orca Delphinidae Odontoceti Cetacea mammal orca

    Posted on February 16, 2012 with 95 notes

    Source: openlibrary.org

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