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Hundreds of delicate bones have been taken from storage and carefully counted before being painstakingly reassembled by experts.

Now there’s just one piece missing to make the story of Leeds’s incredible Victorian long-finned pilot whale complete: the perfect name.

The remains of the magnificent 152-year-old aquatic animal will go on display at Leeds City Museum this October, as part of a new eco-awareness project, made possible by money raised by National Lottery players.

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Members of the Leeds Museums and Galleries team help Clare Brown, curator of natural sciences, piece together the pilot whale skeleton

The whale was cruelly killed by fishermen 152 years ago.

Its skeleton was brought into the Leeds Discovery Centre in May this year.

Here's your chance to name Leeds’s own Victorian pilot whale