Completed April 14, 2012, as a second experiment in shifting weights. (The first was the Platypus, which never quite reached the goal of one-point balance at either end.) With a lighter weight tube and smaller weights, the Beluga comes closer – but we’re still looking for a true nose-balance without flippers to assist.)

This white whale has gone off to a home of her own – modified to fly as a mobile – but you can write to the Salamander if you’d like to discuss the creation of someone similar for yourself.