The Whale Bone Arch - Isle of Lewis
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The two bones that comprise the arch are the lower jaw bones of a Blue Whale and were removed from a beached Whale that came ashore in 1920. The harpoon that is shown in the picture was still in the Whale, however the explosive charge in the Harpoon’s head had failed to explode.
The whale had a harpoon embedded in its back, with a length of long, t
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