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Bones of Haast's eagle, the largest known bird of prey, native to New Zealand
A box of bones from the largest bird of prey that ever lived: Haast's eagle. It inhabited New Zealand and was exterminated by the 19th century. It weighed up to 15 kg and fed on large mammals, including humans
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The Skull of a Giant Crocodile
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A Mastodon with a Child
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Museum larvae, cockroaches, beetles and worms help to free the skeleton from its flesh
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A foul, rotting snake will soon be gnawed to the bone by larvae, and the bones washed, treated and prepared for modelling, storage or museum display
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The Skeleton of a Man and the Skeleton of a Gorilla
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It is hard to believe that this plant is a fossil
It is hard to believe that this plant is a fossil. A beautiful fossil
NB! · The East · Science · Palaeontology · Nature
Fragment of the fossilised head of a ten-metre gharial-like crocodile of the Miocene epoch, from India
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The Hadrosaur's Braincase
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A rhinoceros from the 1642 Gazophylacium Anglicanum and its etymology of the word daughter
A rhinoceros from the English dictionary of 1642, Gazophylacium Anglicanum, in which an anonymous author supplies the etymologies of words. It contains some curious conjectures: e.g., that daughter derives from dos (a dowry)
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