And you know what they said? Well some of it was true!

Saturday, July 7, 2012

Getting Lost, & Finding the Shrunken Heads (Day 6)

With the afternoon off and no class the next day, some of us decided to do some exploring at the famous museum of natural history. We got a little lost (and very wet) on the way there, but we finally found the famous museum. It hosted the first debate on evolution in 1860...but the room it took place in is now for storage. So once we found it, it was straight to the rumored shrunken heads!





Indubitably.



Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

The original "Head, Shoulders, Knees, & Toes?"

necklace made from a snake's spine

Shrunken heads!

Another shrunken head!




Skeletons on parade



Roll Lynx Roll.

I said roll.


notice the regular bird for comparison. IT'S HUUUUGE

heart in the palm of his hand


Note the vestigial leg bones.



Darwin

Newton


Inspiration for Gertrude McFuzz?

Whale jawbone



Dodo

Petrified skull


Rawr.

Hannah, look what I found!


View from the 2nd floor.




Swifts live in the museum's tower.






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While in search of some quality Oxford apparel later that day, I found this sign. Any idea what a 'rising bollard' is?


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