Table 2.

Lipid content of various bones for blue (Balaenoptera musculus) and fin whales (B. physalus) [19].

species	fin	blue	blue	blue	blue	blue	blue
length (m)	17.7	23.8	26.5	27.1	25.6	23.8	24.7
sex	M	M	F	F	F	M	F
pregnant	—	—	yes	no	no	—	no
time dead (h)	7	11	26	52	3	15	3
skeletal element
lower jaw		73.4	84.2
rostrum of skull	65.4	51.4	81.6	67.5
scapula		69.3
rib	32.0
thoracic vertebra	3.4		20.2	7.2	24.0
lumbar vertebra (ant.)	67.0	18.4	49.2	27.3	54.0
lumbar vertebra (post.)		60.6
caudal vertebra	52.0	53.9	62.3	38.5
humerus						64
radius and ulna (cancellous bone)						69	63
metacarpal bones							60