The Grant Museum of Zoology in London houses a collection of "weird and wonderful" artifacts. Containing 67,000 specimens
the Grant Museum of Zoology is the only one of it's kind in London.
Started as a teaching collection in 1828. The collection on displays
only about 5% of all the specimens it holds. The Grant Museum of Zoology is the only remaining university zoological museum in the city and covers the whole animal kingdom. Its cabinets are packed with weird and wonderful treasures such as skeletons, mounted animals and specimens.
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| A preserved bisected chimpanzee head. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty - LINK |
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| A preserved bisected chimpanzee head. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty - LINK |
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| A primate skeleton is kept in a drawer with other specimens. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty - LINK |
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| Various collections of assorted snakes and sea mice are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| Jars of assorted snakes are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| Preserved Sea mouse - species of marine polychaete worms. - LINK |
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| Preserved earthworms. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarmid/Getty - LINK |
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| Preserved manatee embryo - LINK |
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| A collection of moles is preserved in a jar. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| A collection of moles is preserved in a jar. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| Tree shrews - a detachment of small mammals, originally found in tropical and mountain forests of South-East Asia. It is small, similar to a rat with an elongated body and short five-fingered limbs. Photo credit: Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images - LINK |
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| A Tree Shrew is preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| Various animal brains are preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| Preserved domestic pig embryos - LINK |
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| Specimens are kept in the spirit store at The Grant Museum of Zoology. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| A young preserved aardvark is displayed under the skeleton of an adult. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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| A young preserved aardvark is displayed under the skeleton of an adult. Photo credit: Peter MacDiarrmid/Getty - LINK |
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