So why was the orca buried at the University of Florida campus? We may have the answers...
helped transport the killer whale to a lab at SeaWorld where they performed a necropsy. Tissue samples were taken and sent out for further analysis.The last killer whale to be stranded in the Southeast was in 1956, according to. The animal was “too decomposed for scientists to determine its cause of death based on tissue samples.”
However, according to an article published by the Florida Academy of Sciences, Inc., a neat round hole was found in the skull, suggesting it may have been shot, WUFT reports. The skull from the 1956 stranding currently resides at the University of Florida and is stored in Research and Collections at the Florida Museum of Natural History, reports said., ranging from preserved bats to the spine of a whale.”
So is the university waiting until decomposition to unearth the skeleton of the orca to display in the museum? We are unsure, but it seems likely.About the Author:
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