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Dinosaur Bone
Under polarized light, thin sections of fossilized dinosaur bones exhibit striking colors and patterns as evidenced by this photomicrograph. The term fossil refers to any preserved remains or imprint of a living organism (usually ancient), such as a bone, shell, footprint, or leaf impression. Most of the dinosaur fossils found today are mineralized bones, but they also include footprints, tracks, eggs, skin impressions, stomach stones (known as gastroliths), and fossilized feces (known as coprolites).
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Money Pieces, International Currency Sculptures by Kristi Malakoff
Cool
Saw this here. Desk lamps made from plumbing pipes and beer bottles, by ZAL Creations, whose work we’ve mentioned previously here. Steampunk-like!
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Two orphaned baby burrowing owls, nicknamed Linford and Christie, have moved into the home of their keeper Jimmy Robinson. The owlets were hatched in an incubator at Longleat Safari Park, Wiltshire, and are now being hand-reared by Jimmy. The native American birds, which get their name from living in small burrows in the wild, can find plenty of nooks and crannys about his flat to hide. Tea cups and bookcases are a particular favourite, says Jimmy, but it’s good to see them developing their natural behaviour and they always seem to find me at meal times. Photo: Pete Willows/BNPS