Diaphanization of a cat foetus - Felis catus (Not full term)
Biological preparation
The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the skin!
Not a protected species
Diaphanization of a cat foetus - Felis catus (Not full term)
The aim of diaphanization is to make bones transparent and visible through the flesh.
The tissues are made transparent by a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the flesh!
This is mainly used for animals too small to be prepared for osteology in the conventional way, or to study ossification sequences, for example.
The flask contains no formalin, as the specimens are fixed prior to preparation.
They are then placed in these flasks filled with pure glycerine and thymol crystals, whose function is to preserve tissues and combat mold.
The animals are not killed to end up in these jars; they are often fetuses or stillborn animals, foodstuffs or animal feed, etc
Height: 12cm - Diameter: 2.8cm
Sea Urchin Colobocentrotus atratus
Helmet urchin from Indian Ocean
3/4cm
Red-necked wallaby - Bennett's wallaby Skull
Macropus rufogriseus
They are wild animals that have lived in freedom, so some skulls may have missing teeth or teeth that are worn, cracked or broken.
All skulls are different
Flight of butterflies under a glass bell
5 Salamis duprei butterflies from Madagascar
Scarabée - Beetle under mini globe
Species: Polybothris sumptuosa
Various other species available
Plastic mini globe
Entomological frame
Species: Cethosia biblis butterflies from Philippines
Entomological frame - Lophacris cristata grasshopper
Female
Badger Skull - Meles meles
Some skulls may have missing, worn, cracked or broken teeth, holes caused by shotgun pellets, etc...
All skulls are different
Entomological box
Species: Morpho Achilles butterfly
Origin: Ecuador
Flight of Butterflies: Idea Leuconoe
Paper kite butterfly
Slate pencil urchin on base - Heterocentrotus mamillatus
Origin: Indo-Pacific
There are always broken or missing picks
Engraved horse skull
Papuan handicraft
Origin: West Papua
Shark tooth fossil
Otodus Obliquus dating from the Ypresian: 50 million years ago
Diaphanization of a cat foetus - Felis catus (Not full term)
Biological preparation
The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the skin!
Not a protected species
