rss feedWhale takes name of “Tofu,” showing that the word is not just for bean curd anymore
posted by brad wong on 2009.06.17, under Tofu: The whale
Biologists named this humpback whale, Tofu, because of her nearly all white fluke. Photo source: Seacoast Science Center in New Hampshire.
The name tofu originated thousands of years ago based largely on a soybean a bit smaller than the size of a person’s fingertip. More recently, a graduate student at MIT named his robot after bean curd.
Now, a humpback whale in New Hampshire has joined this special fraternity and has been bestowed the name of Tofu, according to a seacoastonline.com article posted Wednesday.
The whale’s skeleton will be unveiled Saturday as part of a new exhibit at the Seacoast Science Center.
Biologists believe the 32-foot whale from the Gulf of Maine died after a ship hit her two years ago, reporter Casey Sullivan wrote.
