Down East quotes Kraus in article on bluefin tuna skeleton
Down East magazine published an article about a bluefin tuna skeleton on display at the University of Maine at Machias. Gayle Kraus, a professor of marine ecology at UMM, assembled the skeleton with students in her skeletal articulation course, according to the article. “We used hot glue because we were just learning,” she said, “and if we put some bones together incorrectly, we could simply use a hair dryer, melt the glue, take the bones apart, and try again.” They spent a full semester with this jigsaw skeleton, the article states. “It was terribly exciting,” Kraus added. The skeleton turned out to be almost 8 feet long, which means the fish must have weighed more than 500 pounds, Down East reported.