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and it contains big zoological collections, artifacts and demonstrations of the
Petroleum industry in Kuwait (Khalaf, April 2014).
The museum is organized in the following departments: Natural History
Department, Space Science Department, Planetarium, Electronics Department,
Machinery Department, Zoology Department, Aviation Department and a
Health hall (Wikipedia; Khalaf, April 2014).
The Skeleton of the 24-meters Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus, 1758)
is displayed at Hamad Mohammad Al-Atiqi (Museum Director 1972-1988) Hall.
The Blue Whale was found stranded on Kazma (Kadmah) shore in Kuwait in
1963. It is known that these whales live in the oceans, but entered the Arabian
Gulf because of a cancerous vertebral ailment.

Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Bassam Khalaf-von Jaffa standing infront of the Skeleton of the 24meters Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus) which stranded on the Kazma (Kadmah)
coast in Kuwait in 1963 and is displayed at the Educational Science Museum in Kuwait.
Photo by: Nora Norman Ali Khalaf. 24.06.2014.
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Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 128 – August 2015