SEADOC SOCIETY

Skeleton a work of art and tool for study

(left to right) Albert Shepard, Kyle and Tika Zbornik, and Hannah and Olivia Brunner-Gaydos check out the skeleton before it was completed.

posted 1/12/2006
With help from private donors and local volunteers, the SeaDoc Society, a locally-based regional marine conservation program, has put together a harbor seal skeleton. The 6-foot long skeleton came from an adult male harbor seal that died and stranded on the beach in San Juan County. It was professionally articulated by Albert Shepard and a museum quality mobile exhibit case was built by Ron McDowell and Phillip Archie.

"It is a beautiful piece of art that will inspire our children and adults to learn more about marine wildlife, our marine ecosystem, anatomy, physiology, and the amazing world in which we live," says Joe Gaydos, Regional Director of the SeaDoc Society.

The skeleton exhibit is available for free to island educators and businesses. To see the skeleton or to get more information about the skeleton and how your classroom or business could use it, please come to the Open House from 5 to 7 p.m. January 25 at the Living Room in Eastsound or call the SeaDoc Society at 376-3910. The skeleton also will be on display at the Marine Stewardship Celebration on San Juan Island on January 28.

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