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Skeletal evidence of sharp-force disarticulation and tissue flensing in 54 cases exhibiting approximately 4,200 bone strike injuries.

The film never had a theatrical release locally, however, as the country's censor made a second screening conditional on Chahal Sabbag flensing some 40 minutes from its running time -- citing bad language on the part of the snipers and militiamen among its cast of characters.

of sea and marine life--ships leaving port, sailors merrily dancing--and at the same time repelled by ghastly images of the skinning and flensing of whales.

Their sea roving led to Spitsbergen, where they established an on-shore flensing camp at Smeerenburg ('Blubbertown'), on the northwest tip of the island.

Indeed, without that loss of control, how can you ever hope to end up on the flensing deck of the Pequod under full sail through the night with try-pots blazing?

Then use a long knife to cut around the tip of its nose and separate the meat from the blubber all the way down to its tail, being careful to keep the skin in tact, this is called flensing. Pull the meat from the seal in one quick motion.

When you were in the whaling grounds you could be working for two or three days non-stop, catching a whale and flensing it - taking off the blubber.

His spare, delicate prose and the elegance of his minimalist writing arise from his conviction that a text's narrative power lies in its ability to reach the bone of an idea by flensing off excess flesh and fat.

The butchering (flensing) process was very organized and efficient, and sometimes a staggering number of whales were processed in a 24-h period.

But the artifacts he left behind - including harpoons, hooks for flensing whales, and try pots for cooking down the blubber - are a reminder of the romance, mystery and danger of the whaling era.

For example, one photo depicts harp seals, stored frozen in a wooden enclosure, awaiting spring flensing and the rendering of oil.