The internationalization of National Biomechanics Day

National Biomechanics Day (NBD) was initiated in 2016 as a nation-wide effort to introduce Biomechanics to high school students throughout the United States. After that initial year, many people around the world joined NBD to promote Biomechanics in their own countries. National Biomechanics Day became international. We describe NBD procedures and events in four of these countries with the intent of demonstrating mechanisms that may enable Biomechanists around the world to successfully join the NBD celebration

Right whale #3311 swimming at 12:42 on March 6^th 2009 after sedation.

<p>Whale is shown an hour after sedative administration showing a marked reduction in boat avoidance as compared to the behavior shown in <a href="http://www.plosone.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pone.0009597#pone-0009597-g003" target="_blank">Figure 3</a>. Photograph credit Georgia Dept Natural Resources/Wildlife Trust.</p

Right whale #3311 swimming at 11:30 on March 6^th 2009 prior to sedation.

<p>The whale is in the bottom left of the image, and is towing a line with buoys shown to the middle right. Note the sharp turn shown by the line, away from the boat attempting to approach the whale at top left. Photograph credit Georgia Dept Natural Resources/Wildlife Trust.</p

Image of rope cutting in to the head of right whale #3311.

<p>This whale trailed line that cut into the upper jaw. The curved organ below the line is the left lip. The double slotted blowhole is evident at right. The brown color covering the skin is a mass of cyamid whale lice typical of a right whale in very poor condition. Photograph credit – Florida Wildlife Research Institute.</p

Summary of Sedation Dosing of Two Right Whales.

<p>Summary of Sedation Dosing of Two Right Whales.</p

Number of breaths made by right whale #3311 in preceding five minutes, compared before and after sedation.

<p>Number of breaths made by right whale #3311 in preceding five minutes, compared before and after sedation.</p

Schematic of polycarbonate pole syringe for injecting a large whale at sea (dimensions in inches (mm).

<p>The Paxarms ballistic syringe operates on a similar principle.</p