It's in a book called "The Pixar Touch" by David Price I have on order from amazon, but you can read the anecdote here. http://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Touch-Vinta

It's in a book called "The Pixar Touch" by David Price I have on order from amazon, but you can read the anecdote here. http://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Touch-Vintage-David-Price/dp/0307278298 http://www.amazon.com/Pixar-Touch-Vintage-David-Price/dp/030... It says: John Lasseter has instilled an intense commitment to research in the studio’s creative staff. To prepare for the scene in Finding Nemo in which the fish characters Marlin and Dory become trapped in a whale, two members of the art department climbed inside a dead gray whale that had been stranded north of Marin, California.