{"id":6121,"date":"2012-06-17T00:48:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-16T14:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/?p=6121"},"modified":"2012-06-19T15:39:26","modified_gmt":"2012-06-19T05:39:26","slug":"animals-inside-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scienceillustrated.com.au\/blog\/arts-science\/animals-inside-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Animals inside out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS, Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg, Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Is this the new Noah’s Ark?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gunther von Hagens, the mastermind behind the controversial Body Worlds <\/a>exhibition, and his team have prepared 90 plastinated animals and capillary specimens for their new project: Body Worlds of Animals<\/a>. Each plastinated specimen displays the intricate insides of some of the most well-known and spectacular creatures, from gorillas to sharks.<\/p>\n

Von Hagens has been working on plastinating animals since 2000, but it was until a female elephant died in 2005 that he conceived this exhibition which is currently on display at the Natural History Museum in London<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS, Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg, Germany<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

While working on this project, von Hagens discovered fascinating anatomical facts, for example a giraffe’s skin is more vascularised in its dark parts than in the light one; and the trunk of an elephant has more than 40,000 muscles.<\/p>\n

Plastination is a technique invented in 1977; in it the water and fatty tissues are removed and replaced with a polymer \u2014 this prevents decay and preserves the structures.<\/p>\n

Adapted from Body Worlds Animals, Animals Inside Out will be on display at the Natural History Museum until September 2012.<\/p>\n

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Gunther von Hagens' BODY WORLDS, Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg, Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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