A Most Unique Display
Amongst all on display, the one that fascinated me most is a set of skeletal remains that belongs to a rare marine animal. The bones are big and it is said to have tusks. Here is part of the description written on the card at the exhibit. Its head is 12.40m long, its tail final (fish like) is 1.80m long, its tusks is 2.40m long, pectoral fin is 47cm wide with a length of 78cm, and skin thickness is 10cm. It is hairy, has a trunk, and a tail like that of a fish. It was found in North Lingga, Indonesia.
I have been doing some research and I still have no idea what animal this set of bones belong to. Unless the tusks mentioned in the card are actually the lower jaw bones of this creature, the skeletal remains would then make more sense as they look very much like the lower jaw bones of a whale. Maybe it is a whale (whale remains tend to be hairy) as Indonesia is home to plenty of whales including killer whales, sperm whales, and blue whales.