Common Minke Whale Osteology Heavyweight Zip Hoodie

Everybody just loves whales, but let's be real, they're all about the blue whales and the killer whales and the whales with probably really good publicists. Where is the love, I ask you, for the grand and beautiful minke whale? They're absolutely adorable and they have a magnificent baleen! If you also can appreciate the finer qualities of this beautiful whale, and would like to showcase just how weird whale anatomy actually is, you're going to need this fine garment. The incredible vintage illustrative etching is by artist Edouard d'Alton, and depicts in stunning detail the skeletal anatomy and absolutely wild skull detail of a common minke whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata). It's one of d'Alton's many gorgeous pieces from the 1821 osteological masterpiece Die vergleichende Osteologie. Is that the best collection of scientific illustrations ever published? In our opinion, it's got to be right up there. Sometimes we dream about it at night, and can almost smell its pages.

This is the perfect piece for marine scientists, whale lovers, vulture culturists, bone collectors, osteologists, animal anatomists, zoologists, any of the ologists really, and people who just want to start a conversation by making people ask, "Hey, what's that magnificent collection of bones on your shirt?" It's a deeply underrated whale, that's what it is.

This heavyweight zip-up hoodie is made with a very fancy low-pill, high-density cotton-poly fleece, for outstanding warmth and comfort. The cuffs and waistband are a stretchy spandex-blend and it's possible that ancient incantations were spoken over them during manufacturing, but we truly can't say for sure. It has split-pouch pockets, which is handy for when you need to stuff two deadly snakes into your pockets but they don't get along, and a covered zipper for keeping out the chill, obviously. The hood is jersey-lined and offers great sun protection, not that any of you are vampires, haha, that would be super silly, but also if you have bat minions they could probably hang inside your hoodie like a little cave.