More skeleton exhumation

With the help of an awesome group of volunteers from our community, we had a fabulous day of exhuming bones early in  July.  It was a wet day full of smiles and great questions.  We unearthed the fascinating skeleton of a really old female killer whale, T171, who had died up near Prince Rupert in 2013.  Her bones showed a very advanced case of spondylitis, which we now believe must have contributed to her death.  We also dug up a humpback skeleton and one american alligator.  Thanks so much for all the help - especially the kids who enthusiastically took on some of the tougher to recover bits and pieces!