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Photo Gallery Photos of the Month Painting in Words Student Poster/Art Contest Winners Whales' Tails

New Whales of 2000- part 4 Magi three lines with three dots in the center of the tail -- a reference to the Biblical story Masquerade two white sections in the center of the tail serve as the eyeholes for the full tail "mask" Pipette a dark mark running up and down on the right fluke looks like a chemistry laboratory pipette Punctuation various marks on the two flukes resemble different types of punctuation marks, including colon and dash Rattan marks on right fluke cross each other as do the fibers in material   Non-calves 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Calves 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

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