Exhumation of Louie and Wendell the Whales

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Jan. 31, 2000
Skull, ear bone, tooth, jaw and articulated vertebrae were retrieved by the LANHM (Los Angeles Natural History Museum) on Jan. 31, and Apr. 15, 2000.

These fossilized bones are the mandatory and crucial sections needed for paleontologists to decipher this new species of whale and appropriately name and publish their existence on the family tree of evolution. (See photographs below-Click image for larger view.)

LANHM staff and assistants commence dig:

Pictured from L to R: Laureano Clavero's friend, Howell Thomas, Lori Asher, Laureano Clavero and Nancy Rufenacht	Pictured clockwise at top right: Eddie Gomerjac, Aaron Plunkett, Nancy Rufenacht and Howell Thomas Eyeing the best approach for exhuming the skull
Eddie Gomerjac gets his bearings while Elizabeth Plunkett and Howell Thomas look on	Howell Thomas begins
Skull exposed	Laureano Clavero and Howell Thomas carefully examine a piece of the ear bone, while Lori Asher records their comments Ear bone revealed
Pictured from L to R: Laureano Clavero's friend, Aaron Plunkett, Nancy Rufenacht and Laureano Clavero at discovery site the moment at which Laureano found the first tooth as Aaron, coincidentally just happened to be serenading him with a bones solo.	Tooth fairy makes showing Middle portion of 4ft. long jaw
Backbones: Articulated lumbar vertebrae	Tail bones close up

Continue to Section II for a pictorial history of the next 24 months: April 2000 - April 2002