#Natural history museums

[markscherz]

Last week we began the preparation of this young Chelonia mydas, a green sea turtle, that washed up on a Danish beach earlier this year (you can read a bit about the discovery here). It’s the first green sea turtle recorded from Denmark! The specimen is in *beautiful* condition, with just two barnacles attached, but the gut and cloaca seemed practically empty; we wonder if there might be plastic in the gut, but for the sake of the integrity of this extremely rare specimen, we did not dissect further.

Check out these awesome ‘teeth’ on the palate and the beak—the turtle solution to the loss of true teeth.

This kind of thing is a real highlight of the job. Such a privilege and honour to get to work with these special specimens of national and international significance.

[dinosaurguy]

Edmontosaurus animatronic

I really like the movement of these

[er-cryptid]

Halite

Natural History Museum of Denmark, Mineral Hall

[thebotanicalarcade]

n190_w1150 by Biodiversity Heritage Library Via Flickr: Musée helvétique d'histoire naturelle,. Genève :Chez l'auteur ;1823.. biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45662475

[abnormes]

On the Seashore, George Elgar Hicks (1879)

[sixteenseveredhands]

2,300-Year-Old Plush Bird from the Altai Mountains of Siberia, c.400-300 BCE: this figure was crafted with a felt body and reindeer-fur stuffing, all of which remains intact

This plush bird was sealed within the frozen barrows of Pazyryk, Siberia, for more than two millennia, where a unique microclimate enabled it to be preserved. The permafrost ice lense formation that runs below the barrows provided an insulating layer, preventing the soil from heating during the summer and allowing it to quickly freeze during the winter; these conditions produced a separate microclimate within the stone walls of the barrows themselves, thereby aiding in the preservation of the artifacts inside.

This is just one of the many well-preserved artifacts that have been found at Pazyryk. These artifacts are attributed to the Scythian/Altaic cultures.

Currently housed at the Hermitage Museum.

[amnhnyc]

What can we learn from a dinosaur feather preserved in amber? Let’s go behind the scenes of the Museum’s collection of amber fossils to find out!

[neptunesdesire]

Details: The Backwater, Charles William Wyllie

[peacefulandcozy]

Instagram credit: co.nfused

[beardless-bearded-vulture]

They had a fun corner in the natural history museum in Bern about the taxidermy process, and they showed the effect the eyes have on how realistic or uh. disturbing. a mount is

The first fox had all black eyes. Not super realistic for those who know red foxes usually have orange or greenish eyes, but still pretty cute

The second one had normal fox eyes. I think they could've gone with a size or two smaller, but still. Regular orange eyes with a vertical pupil as it should be. But then. Oh. Oh no.

Human eyes 👁👁

[markscherz]

Me when I feel like shit but my partner pays me a compliment.

[dinosaurguy]

Tyrannosaurus rex and Velafrons coahuilensis at Museo del Desierto in Saltillo, Coahuila

[er-cryptid]

Heulandite

Natural History Museum of Denmark, Mineral Hall

[m1male2]

Natural History Museum, London

[learnelle]

The 5th edition of my annual birthday + life updates post! ☕️🖤

Despite receiving two dreamy French university offers, I will be continuing to study psychology, this being my fourth year out of six!

I will be studying modules in intermediate statistics, biopsychology, cognitive psychology and the philosophy of knowledge. I’ve been yearning to do these modules since the start of my degree hehe

I will also be taking classes in the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, even though the materials list burnt a huge hole in my wallet rip </3

I’m so excited to be 23, and I hope this next academic year will be kind to us all~