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Beaked Whale - Capturing Nature Print Size:A3 productive fisheriesGerard Krefft leaning out of a gallery window, above a newly prepared skeleton of a Beaked Whale, Mesopladon. A charming moment of history behind the scenes at the Museum, captured by photographer Henry Barnes In the 1870s most field collectors dealt only in animal skins or specimens preserved in spirits. Whole animals were difficult to prepare in the field, and flattened skins were far easier to transport and store. Skeletons were the exception. They