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“In celebration of Sidney’ S Centennial

WITH THEIR “WRECKING CAR are Jim Readings (driver) with son Ben Reading, circa 1928.
Jim Readings opened Readings and son Garage in 1927 on the corner of Beacon Avenue
and Fifth Street. The “wrecking car’ was originally a seven-passenger touring car called a
Hudson Super 6 which Jim Readings rebuilt. Readings and Son operated unftil the

mia-1930's.

SIDNEY MUSEUM photo

Whale cleaning chore complicated

A 24-foot killer whale skeleton
is destined to become a showpiece
attraction for the Sidney Historical
and Marine Mammal Museum.

But getting the remains of the
specimen to showroom condition
is proving to be one massive
headache for museum curator Cal-
vor Palmateer.

The whale’s remains have been
in the water for about four months
now, undergoing a natural cleaning
by sea creatures. But after being
submerged for six months or so, a

lot of the bones can go soft. Last _
time the remains were pulled up, ~

not enough flesh had deteriorated.
“T’ve got to get on with this and
get something done because of the
problem of the bone dissolving in
Salt water,” said Palmateer.
“I want it out of the water and

partially cleaned by mid-
summer.”

That, however, is no simple task.

The four-tonne female whale
was found washed up on a Mal-
colm Island beach, near Telegraph
Cove, in mid-November. It was cut
into sections so that it could be
moved to Sidney.

The huge carcass was left in the
water for three months in Pat Bay,
where shrimp and sea lice
removed some flesh and meat
from its bones.

Over the last month the pieces,
Set in a cage, have been sitting in
the water next to the Institute of
Ocean Sciences dock.

Once the bones are cleaned, the
Imammoth task of reconstructing
the skeleton can begin. But that’s

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only if the bones can be cleaned in
time.

Palmateer’s dilemma is the
Institute site hasn’t worked.

“Tt hasn’t been cleaned that
well,’ he said. There aren’t
enough crabs in the area to do the
job.

Now, once the logistics are
worked out, he plans to truck the
1,000-Ib. cage to the town’s works
yard and hose off the remains
within the next week or two:

If that doesn’t work, the next
alternative is finding a way to
transport. the specimen to deep
water in Squally Reach and lower
it about 300 feet, where it is hoped
a type of sea bug will devour the

remaining flesh.
“That’s where we have to go if

we want it cleaned very quickly.”

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