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Visited this place in Oklahoma years ago
Showing how they use these bugs to clean the skeletons
Owl
I want to feel the texture!
I'm honestly surprised that the bound toes are still straight
The fact that this poor person's ribcage was practically resting on his hips
Lots of double faced calves
I don't know why, but I was expecting the sloth skeleton to be stranger
The skull ridges are fascinating
We really fudged over the brachycephalic dogs
Seals. The leopard seal skull in comparison to the others
You know what they say about walruses with long tusks?
One giant toe and little tiny ones
Snek
iguanodont
Fabulous.
lurkertron5000
#2 I do not like this box
tarataqa
foo431
TheMysteriousTraveller
#5 The bound foot's toes only look straight because the bones were straightened out for display. It downplays how horrible it really was. https://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/f/5492/files/2022/01/06-1-768x432.jpg
foo431
That's what I thought. I swore the toes got curled under
AbelardSnazz
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
#5 I think they're often folded over behind the ball of the foot. It's truly horrifying.
NerdNerdburger
#10 the ribs go all the way down?!
deaconshadow
#8 good god did they have a breeding program?
Callistan
No, it's just a relatively common deformity. The skulls on display were probably collected across a variety of locations and time points.
Shenaniganz84
I’m from Oklahoma and I’ve been there a few times. There’s a Dirty Jobs episode in which Mike Rowe visits.
I expected to find animal bones and skulls in the gift shop but I DID NOT expect they’d have human skulls and skeletons for purchase.
foo431
Can't keep ALL the bones I guess
MeltedWelly
*Predator noises intensify*
pinkmansaidthebest
That seal Skeleton. I didn't know. And the sneks are still creepy!
twostepsfromlost
Underneath the walrus skull, that giant long bone is the Walrus baculum. . . That's a phallic bone. That dude would have failed the pole vault for sure! I heard they were big from that Adam Sandler movie but holy crap.
foo431
You could buy other various animal baculum in the gift shop 😅 Could you imagine going to a higher evolved beings place and they sell your genitalia out of a big bowl for mild amusement?
Eiladar
Back in the day, they used (raccoon, I think) baculum as toothpicks.
twostepsfromlost
Human horn! Futurama did it!
TheMayorOfTittyCity
Thats the boner
duktayp
#15
Red Kangaroo standing by
EggFooYung
Red Green, standing by.
SkeletorOverlordofEvil
murdock89
Did you see the "Last Week Tonight" episode that featured this place?
foo431
Yes, I did! I know that human skeletons in general are not always obtained in the most moral of ways
shinagami091
Interesting factoid. There are places you can send your deceased pets to where you can have them clean the skeletons with these bugs (beetles) and they will send the skeleton back to you. Takes about a week for the beetles to pick the bones clean.
I only learned about it after some redditor posted their cats skull.
foo431
I can understand why others would do it, but I have no desire to keep any remains from a pet.
lucindrea
im in philadephia - we have the mutter museum (look it up)
foo431
I really wanted to visit it when I got stuck in Philly for two nights a few years back, but I had no car and was waiting to find out if I could even fly out that day. But yes, I saw their website and I would looove to go
aModestProposalAndOtherRecipies
warhawk7
The bones are the skeletons' money
In our world, bones equal dollars
That’s why they’re coming out tonight
To get their bones from you
The skeletons will pull your hair
Up, but not out
Fedotia
Crane binding was also done in Africa and even recently in France, that one is from the 19th century.
allenvasher3000
I'm torn because I really want to go to see this museum, & not wanting to go to Oklahoma
QueLinda1205
Check out the Mütter ("moo-ter") Museum in Philly! It's got a wall of skulls, as well as a whole bunch of medical anomalies and medical history on display. Fascinating stuff! https://muttermuseum.org/
film888master9
I think that is a Tyler Childers song
foo431
The ONLY reason we were there in the first place was a friend's graduation party. We've not had a reason to go back since
SadsPikkelson
A lot of OK is very cool. Sadly the rural southeast is beautiful but a bit hickish for people beyond a certain skin tone or flamboyance. OKC and Tulsa are plenty friendly, though, and there's great fishing and hunting. It's so sad that southern states are unfriendly or downright dangerous beyond the major metros for certain people, because there really are some gems, even in places like Mississippi. I think Arkansas is the only state I've driven through that I found zero redeeming quality to.
baals
The mountains around the white river in the Ozarks or northern Arkansas are beautiful
Fluffnblood
Fluffnblood
But really, there isn't a lot. Nature and floating the rivers. It damn sures not the people, economics, education, or opportunities.
MeleeIslandTourGuide
Smithsonian natural history museum has a skeleton wing
JerzeeTomato
Check out the Mutter Museum in Philadelphia. Super cool!
pinkmansaidthebest
Ok-la-Dont-ma.
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
there's a similarly impressive collection in boston
foo431
Really? I was not aware of this! I'll have to check it out the next time I visit friends out there
foo431
I just looked it up and I really wanted to go to the Warren anatomical museum when I was there last Sept but it was closed 😣
pleaseconsiderthatImightbejoking
I'm glad you found it, because had no idea where it was other then boston
foo431
If anything I really wanted to see Phineas Gage's skull! I've learned about him for a long time with my background in psych and Neuro recovery.
Shenaniganz84
As someone who’s from Oklahoma, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTAND. The Oklahoma City area is pretty nice though, especially the Bricktown (downtown) area. Be careful if you April - June… tornado season can be a bitch.
jesusisherelookbusy
tiredviking
#6 instantly fixed my posture upon seeing that
foo431
Absolutely
Heroofhtelance
We ship to these guys. Very very stinky
januarylover
Guisso14
Now I don't have to pay to g! Sucker's!
Leviathan09
There's definitely one in Florida. I bought a beaver skull there.
AltF4EwingsSarcoma
Casper baby pants lyrics for the title? Tell me you have toddlers without telling me you have toddlers.
foo431
More like I like comedians, who happen to have had toddlers
BipedalHumanoidWithSlightlyDifferentNoseRidge
#6 Chinese paddy farmer. An "unclaimed body" sold by the CCP. Same as all human body exhibits.
foo431
I swore I learned that BODIES the exhibition was CCP bodies, but body worlds was folks donating. But that was years ago and I've not looked into it further.
Callistan
Body Worlds claims that all human specimens used are donated, but it has not been independently verified - per Wikipedia (I also remember a copy of the consent form being displayed when they did an exhibition at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science several years ago)
Zedrapazia
They've had at least one stolen brain, and it was a hassle for the family to get it back when it was found out, if I recall correctly
BipedalHumanoidWithSlightlyDifferentNoseRidge
Of course, if the CCP says they were "volunteers", must be true!
foo431
I think it would be interesting to donate my body to places like that. But then again, I'm off the mindset that once I'm gone do whatever to my body cause it ain't me anymore. Let science, education, forensics, entertainment use what they can and dump the rest in a ditch.
Acdkatie
You can specify in your will exactly where you would like to be donated. I have family that plan on being donated to local medical schools for research. When they are done with your body they cremate you and return you to your family. I’m planning on following suit.
fadingtheory
#10 The California Tar Pits museum has land sloth fossils. They're like god damn bears
shiznitabam
They were native to the LaBrea tar pits area back when it was covered in Joshua trees. The trees started dying out partially because their seeds were primarily distributed by ground sloth dung. Joshua Tree National Park is pretty amazing
LitigiousWhelk
Is that the museum featured in Denver the Last Dinosaur?!
jignha
The Smithsonian's Natural History museum in Washington DC has a land sloth skeleton too.
fadingtheory
Wouldn't surprise me if they borrowed it from the Tar Pits, apparently, they're a Smithsonian partner and they have a TON of them.
jignha
https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-043.html
https://www.si.edu/obje">l">https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/vt3/NMNH/z_tour-043.html
https://www.si.edu/object/giant-ground-sloth-jeffersons-ground-sloth%3Anmnheducation_10023354
Apparently it's from North Carolina
JHord1985
The fun fact about them that I'll never forget is that they were very likely capable of hunting prey, and willing to do so. Several indicators of omnivorous, even predatory diet have been found. Think you're safe with a Giant Ground Sloth? NOPE.
foo431
There's a cave system near where I used to live in Arizona that had sloth bear remains in it. Based on the location they think it fell into the cave through a now closed opening. But like 16 feet up the cave walls you can see the scratch marks where it was clearly trying to climb to try and get out
JHord1985
Poor guy. Nature's cruel, but that's just the way of things.