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10-20-2018 01:48 PM - edited 10-20-2018 01:58 PM
Oregon zoo posts beautiful (and creepy) X-rays of its residents taken during routine health checks
MailOnlineUK
PUBLISHED: 07:37 EDT, 19 October 2018 | UPDATED: 07:37 EDT, 19 October 2018
The results of a routine check-up at Oregon Zoo in the US has caused a stir online when X-ray images of some of its animals were shared to Twitter.
As part of the procedure the animals are photographed and scanned to ensure they are in good health.
The eerie images reveal that the tail of a beaver has a bone reaching all the way to the tip and an X-ray of a snake reveals the mesmerising vertebrae that curve and stretch throughout the deadly ball python.
Other images show the difference between birds (a screech owl) and flying mammals (a flying fox) and a hedgehog with trapped gas in its stomach.
Oregon zoo shared the images to Twitter this week and captivated people around the world who saw animals in a new light.
One user said the zoo should sell prints of the images to raise money for the zoo.
Another went a step further and said 'I would totally buy a calendar of these shots.'
One particularly observant fan commented on the winding tail of a chameleon's tail.
Emma McArthur said: 'The chameleons tail looks like a Fibonacci sequence.'
When replying to one of the 15,000 people who liked the initial thread on the social media site the zoo revealed how the images came to exist.
It said: 'We got the images from our veterinary staff, and in post, we intensified the white and black levels to increase clarity and reduce noise.'
The zoo has yet to respond to the fervent social media reaction and the repeated calls for prints of these staggering images.
10-20-2018 02:21 PM
Just amazing. Thanks
10-20-2018 02:52 PM
@feline groovy I think that's the best post I've ever seen on these boards! Thank you!
10-20-2018 11:58 PM
Really enjoyed seeing these! Thanks for posting.
10-21-2018 10:04 AM
Wonderful pictures. Thanks.
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