Hong Kong’s Whale of a Tale: Famous Skeleton at Shek O Gets New Lease of Life

In Pictures: Hong Kong whale skeleton returns to Cape D’Aguilar as replica

A replica of a famous whale skeleton has been unveiled near Shek O, after the original bones were damaged in a typhoon.

Fresh replica breathes new life into ‘Hong Kong’s Whale’

The replica bones of “Hong Kong’s Whale” were installed in the city’s Shek O district after the original skeleton was destroyed in a 2018 super typhoon. The infant fin whale wandered into Victoria Harbour in 1955, delighting the city’s residents: “It was as improbable as seeing a panda” on nearby Victoria Peak, a spokesperson for the University of Hong Kong’s Swire Institute of Marine Science told the South China Morning Post, but the whale was …

Hong Kong’s whale of a tale: famous skeleton at Shek O gets new lease of life

Damaged skeleton of infant mammal that wandered into Victoria Harbour in 1955 meticulously recreated and displayed at original resting spot in Cape D’Aguilar.