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Vancouver Aquarium dissects 'Sea Monsters' in new display
Sharks, squid and eels preserved with Body Worlds plastination technique
CBC News Posted: Mar 04, 2015 12:05 PM PT Last Updated: Mar 04, 2015 12:08 PM PT
Visitors can peer into the 'sea monsters' which have been dissected to reveal important aspects of their biology. This thresher shark's stomach holds its last meal of squid and fish. Thresher sharks are notable predators, with long tails they use to slap water and confuse their prey.
Visitors can peer into the 'sea monsters' which have been dissected to reveal important aspects of their biology. This thresher shark's stomach holds its last meal of squid and fish. Thresher sharks are notable predators, with long tails they use to slap water and confuse their prey. (Glen Kugelstadt/CBC)
Sea Monsters Reavealed at the Vancouver Aquarium
http://www.vanaqua.org/experience/feature/sea-monsters-revealed
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There will be no splashing or feeding at the Vancouver Aquarium's latest show.
The giant sea creatures on display are dead, dissected, and preserved in plastic, so visitors can see inside their bodies.
The Sea Monsters Revealed exhibit, shown for the first time in Canada, includes a sunfish, moray eel, Humboldt squid, and thresher shark — dissected to show its last meal of fish and squid in its stomach.
The animals have been preserved using the plastination technique made famous in the controversial Body Worlds exhibits, which show dissected human bodies in lifelike poses.
The plastination technique, developed by German scientist Gunther Von Hagens in 1977, replaces water in the tissues with liquid polymer. The specimen can be arranged in any pose before it hardens.
Thresher shark
Visitors can peer into the stomach of a thresher shark, and see its last meal of squid and fish. Thresher sharks are notable for their long tails, that they use to slap water and confuse their prey. (Glen Kugelstadt/CBC)
Sea Monsters Revealed opens March 5 and will be on display until Sept. 7, 2015.
Vancouver Aquarium dissects 'Sea Monsters' in new display
Sharks, squid and eels preserved with Body Worlds plastination technique
CBC News Posted: Mar 04, 2015 12:05 PM PT Last Updated: Mar 04, 2015 12:08 PM PT
Visitors can peer into the 'sea monsters' which have been dissected to reveal important aspects of their biology. This thresher shark's stomach holds its last meal of squid and fish. Thresher sharks are notable predators, with long tails they use to slap water and confuse their prey.
Visitors can peer into the 'sea monsters' which have been dissected to reveal important aspects of their biology. This thresher shark's stomach holds its last meal of squid and fish. Thresher sharks are notable predators, with long tails they use to slap water and confuse their prey. (Glen Kugelstadt/CBC)
Sea Monsters Reavealed at the Vancouver Aquarium
http://www.vanaqua.org/experience/feature/sea-monsters-revealed
(Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of external links.)
There will be no splashing or feeding at the Vancouver Aquarium's latest show.
The giant sea creatures on display are dead, dissected, and preserved in plastic, so visitors can see inside their bodies.
The Sea Monsters Revealed exhibit, shown for the first time in Canada, includes a sunfish, moray eel, Humboldt squid, and thresher shark — dissected to show its last meal of fish and squid in its stomach.
The animals have been preserved using the plastination technique made famous in the controversial Body Worlds exhibits, which show dissected human bodies in lifelike poses.
The plastination technique, developed by German scientist Gunther Von Hagens in 1977, replaces water in the tissues with liquid polymer. The specimen can be arranged in any pose before it hardens.
Thresher shark
Visitors can peer into the stomach of a thresher shark, and see its last meal of squid and fish. Thresher sharks are notable for their long tails, that they use to slap water and confuse their prey. (Glen Kugelstadt/CBC)
Sea Monsters Revealed opens March 5 and will be on display until Sept. 7, 2015.
