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Watch: Museum staff show preservation process of whale skeleton

Video. Watch: This is the preservation process of whale skeleton

Updated: 17/09/2018 - 15:28 GMT+2

South Australian Museum staff remove most of the flesh by hand, before allowing the skeleton to undergo maceration in tanks to remove remaining meat which may take several months.

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