Minke whale skeleton from Maine finds new home in the Arizona desert Big skeletons grow big ideas. Toby Stephenson delivered a 400-pound Minke whale skeleton from Bar Harbor to Bisbee Arizona all in an effort to help students. Author: Beth McEvoy (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 6:43 PM EST February 8, 2021 Updated: 6:53 PM EST February 8, 2021
BAR HARBOR, Maine What weighs 400 pounds, is longer than a pickup truck, used to live in the Atlantic ocean but now is surrounded by a sea of sand in the Arizona desert? When a kid walks into a museum and they look up and they see a big skeleton . its a garden for their imagination to grow and really flourish. Big skeletons grow big ideas and big imaginations, says Stephenson who has been teaching at the College of the Atlantic for a decade and captains the schools research vessel.