A collection of bird skeletons (with 3d rotating skeleton goodness). The site also has tips on
cleaning your own, and
identifying those you might, uh, stumble across. Comparative pictures and anatomy of
orangutan, chimp, marmoset, and lemur skeletons.
Will's Skull Site, with close to 100 skulls and details (
Cougar!). The California Academy of Sciences
site on skulls, including this cool
animal-to-skull match tool.
Skeleton specimen tutorials from the Vetrinary Museum. The
Human Osteology pages. A
x-ray anatomy of the human skeleton. The
Human Skull module at CalState Chico.
And, you know, dragon physiology. And previously, the skeletal systems of cartoon characters.
posted by OmieWise
on Mar 29, 2006 -
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Mysterious Skeletons Washing Up in Micronesia
Five skeletons washed up in the FSM on Friday on rafts. Rafts have been inexplicably arriving since September, but this time the chief of police (
1?) has been asked to assist the investigation.
The identity card of one of the raft victims has lead the police to think that the victims were fleeing from either Maluku or Sulawesi, where the Laksar Jihad has been terrorizing Christians and other locals (
1). Not only has the movement been stepping up violence since '98, it's been expanding too. An NGO in West Papua has been complaining that they are setting up shop as a pro-Jakarta paramilitary to fight against Papuan separatist groups (
1). It's interesting to see how close these far-flung places are to one another (
Map (~300k))---Close to the southern Philippines too.
posted by rschram
on Jan 22, 2002 -
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