Especially for Cécé...

Pictures from our whale bone hunting episode are up on Flickr!



This was our last stop before heading back to Nouméa. The sperm whale carcass was reported by a geologist from IRD about 2 hours from Nouméa, near Boloupari, in one of the many deserted lagoons of New Caledonia.

Luckily for us, (but not so lucky for the whale i guess), the poor whale had died a long time ago and all was left of it were several lower jaw bones (no flesh nor maggots! phew!). And even then, they were HUUUUGE! I have no idea what bit of the bone I was sitting on in the picture. Maybe someone has a clue?