Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin (ISSN 0178 – 6288) . Number 130, October 2015, pp. 1-18.

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The Umm Al-Maradem Island Whale Skeleton
at the Educational Science Museum in Kuwait
City, State of Kuwait
‫الهيكل العظمي لحوت جزيرة أم المرادم في المتحف العِلمي التربوي‬
‫في مدينة الكويت ، دولة الكويت‬
By: Prof. Dr. Sc. Norman Ali Bassam Ali Taher KhalafSakerfalke von Jaffa
On Tuesday 24th June 2014, I have visited, accompanied with my daughter Nora,
the Educational Science Museum in Kuwait City, State of Kuwait (Khalaf,
August 2015).

The Skeleton of the 10.5-meters Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which stranded on
Umm Al-Maradem Island coast in Kuwait on 23.03.1978 and is displayed at the
Educational Science Museum in Kuwait. Photo by: Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Khalafvon Jaffa. 24.06.2014. https://www.flickr.com/photos/50022881@N00/14484835359/
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 130 – October 2015