Salt, our inflatable humpback whal e This week, we finished our inflatable model of Salt, the humpback whale. NECWA staff and interns have been working on this life-sized model since early winter. This model is made from sheet plastic and held together by packaging tape. We made sure that it was anatomically correct in every way from the length of the body to the length of the flippers. And since we created this model after Salt, the most famous humpback whale in the world, we made sure the top of the dorsal had white on it, just like hers. And we marked in the ventral tail pattern to have her exact pattern. This model is inflated with a small fan that sits under the tail stock. You can enter Salt through a slit on the right side of her body. Once you get inside, you can't believe how big she is on the inside and out! We will be debuting this model at our upcoming school program at the Middleboro Memorial Early Childhood Center scheduled for early June. Each spring, NE...
