It’s been over two decades since KOBO began hanging around at the New Bedford Whaling Museum on Johnny Cake Hill. He seems to like the place and has entertained, educated and contributed something almost every day since arriving on the scene.
KOBO, the complete skeleton of a 66-foot rare juvenile blue whale, was acquired by the museum after being accidentally struck and killed by a 485-foot tanker and brought ashore in Rhode Island in March 1998.
KOBO (or “King of the Blue Ocean,” as named by a local student) hangs suspended from the ceiling, the centerpiece of the museum’s Jacobs Family Gallery since August 2000…