Skeleton of the world’s rarest marine mammal preserved by digital imaging

Automatisch samengesteld met AI uit de vermelde bronnen

With only seven to ten vaquitas estimated to remain in the wild, the study digitised the complete skeleton of a female collected in 1966, using hospital-grade CT, micro CT and photography to create openly accessible 3D models down to microscopic bone structures. The work was led by Florida Atlantic University, the San Diego Natural History Museum, SeaWorld California and Noaa Fisheries, and published in *Marine Mammal Science*.