This is what a whale biologist here in town says. Catie "It is a cetacean, looks like a killer whale... although with the perspective of the photos it seems a bit long... a false killer whale would be even smaller. Don't know what they are talking re: "fur". The body is in such a state of decomposition that you really have to just look at the skeleton which is covered in part by the rotted, dehydrated tissue and the foreflippers seems to be missing." Craig Catie Bursch Education Assistant/ Illustrator Kachemak Bay Research Reserve 95 Sterling Highway, Suite 2 Homer, Alaska 99603 (907) 226-4661 [log in to unmask] Check out www.homerfieldtrips.com and www.kbayrr.org