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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>The Silver Science Speaker Series at</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b><i>Spinnaker: An Entanglement Story</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><b>with Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director, Jesse Mechling</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);">BREWSTER, MA — As part of the
<i>Silver Science Speaker Series</i>, The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History presents
<i>Spinnaker: An Entanglement Story, </i>with </span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Center for Coastal Studies Marine Education Director, Jesse Mechling<b>,
</b></span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(38, 38, 38);"><b>Thursday, October 9, 2025 at 1pm.</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Spinnaker is the Center for Coastal Studies' thirty-six-foot preserved humpback whale skeleton
installed in the Center’s </span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black; background-color: white;">Hiebert Marine Lab in 2017</span><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">.
Spinnaker was an eleven-year-old humpback known to the Center since she was a calf who tragically died after suffering many fishing gear entanglements throughout her short life. Join Jesse Mechling as he recounts the story of Spinnaker, which holds an important
message of long-term scientific studies, conservation and disentanglement efforts, as well as the serious threats that marine animals still face today. </span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Jesse Mechling is the Director of Marine Education at the Center for Coastal Studies in
Provincetown. The ocean and ocean life are one of his great passions, and he relishes his role exciting a new generation to the wonders of the ocean. A lifelong visitor to Cape Cod and permanent resident since 2008, he received a master’s from the University
of Rhode Island in Marine Affairs and was a 2005 John Knauss Marine Policy Fellow in Washington DC working for the National Ocean Service. He has over two decades of experience working in marine policy and education and has been with the Center since 2009.
He lives in Eastham with his family.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; color: black;"><b>Tickets available online at ccmnh.org</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: "Franklin Gothic Book", sans-serif; color: black;"><b>Seniors (Ages 60+): $10 per person | Under 60: $12 per person | No Refunds</b></span></p>
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<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Cape Cod Museum of Natural History</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">869 Main St. / Rte. 6A</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">Brewster, MA 02631</span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Aptos", sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: black;">508-896-3867, ext. 137</span></p>
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