[Nhcoll-l] fatty dolphin

[Steve Halford]

Hi Sergio,

This looks similar to "grease burn" seen in fatty bird skins.  An
ornithology conservator may have some suggestions.  (My own experiences
with grease burned specimens -- soaking and scrubbing with solvents --
were mostly unsatisfactory.)

Steve.

Steve Halford (halford at sfu.ca)
Museum Technician (Retired)
Department of Biological Sciences
Simon Fraser University


On Wed, Nov 8, 2017 at 6:33 AM, Sergio Montagud <Sergio.Montagud at uv.es>
wrote:

>
> Dear all,
>
> We have a very old dolphin (maybe from the last years of the 19th century)
> with an important fat problem. We don't know the original color of the
> specimen (live dolphins of this species are blue-grey) but our specimen is
> now brown. The fat is problematic because the entire specimen is covered by
> it and it looks greasy and shiny for proper exposure. In addition, the
> grease falls on some parts of the wood below.
>
> We don't have this problem in other specimens (maybe, because this is the
> only cetacean we have) and not know wha we can do. Someone could recommend
> some action to stop the fat proliferation?
>
> I add some pictures of this special guy.
>
> Thanks
>
> Sergio
>
>
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> Universitat de València
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> Universitat de València
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