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07/28/2006: "Seal Skeleton Display On Orcas"

(SeaDoc photo)
An educational, museum-quality harbor seal skeleton display on Orcas Island is worth seeing. The SeaDoc Society states that with help from private donors and local volunteers, it was possible to produce the display of a 6-foot long skeleton that came from an adult male harbor seal. The sea; had died and was found on a beach in San Juan County. The Whale Museum on San Juan Island generously made the skeleton available to the SeaDoc Society.

It was professionally articulated by Albert Shepard and a museum quality mobile exhibit case was built by Phillip Archie. "It is a beautiful piece of art that will inspire our children and adults to learn more about marine wildlife, our marine ecosystem, anatomy, physiology, and the amazing world in which we live," says Joe Gaydos, Regional Director of the SeaDoc Society.

The skeleton exhibit is available for free to Orcas Island educators and businesses. To get more information about the skeleton and how a classroom or business could use it, call the SeaDoc Society at (360) 376-3910.