This is gross , yet I ca n’t take my eyes away from it . It ’s a shark without its skin , part of Dr. Gunther von Hagens ’ Modern exhibition at the Natural History Museum in London . Dr. Von Hagens ’ squad carefully removed the skin to show the vascular arrangement underneath .
The rest of the fauna — more than 100 specimens — are as spectacular , from elephants to gorillas to horse to ostrich to Samson to dog . captivating material . If you are in London , this is a must see .
Dr. von Hagens is the mastermind behind the famous Body Works expo , which has been going around the domain for years now . In the grammatical case of the shark , Dr. von Hagens inject a reddened smooth resin into the Orcinus orca fish ’s master arterial connection after take away its skin . He did the same with a sawbuck and a hound , leave in the strike trope below .
His other beast are made using his plastination cognitive process , in which the pee and fat are replaced by special plastics . This results in specimens that can be set up for exhibition but do not dilapidate . [ born account MuseumandBody Worlds of Animals ]
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CopyrightGunther von Hagens ’ BODY WORLDS , Institute for Plastination , Heidelberg , Germany .
Dr. Gunther von Hagens and Dr. Angelina Whalley . CopyrightGunther von Hagens ’ BODY WORLDS , Institute for Plastination , Heidelberg , Germany .
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