Diaphanization of Common mouse - Mus musculus
Biological preparation
The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the flesh!
Diaphanization of a Common mouse skeketon: Mus musculus
The aim of diaphanization is to make the skeleton transparent so that it can be observed.
The tissues are made transparent by a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the flesh!
This is mainly used for animals that are too small to be prepared for osteology in the conventional way, or to study ossification sequences, for example.
The jar does not contain formalin, because the specimens are fixed before they are prepared.
They are then placed in these flasks filled with pure glycerine and thymol crystals, whose function is to preserve the tissues and combat mould.
The animals are not killed to end up in these jars; they are often foetuses or stillborn animals, etc.
Bottle height: 8.5cm Diameter: 4cm
All specimens are different
Madagascar sawyer ammonite - Cleoniceras fern ammonite
Cleoniceras fern ammonite
100 million year old fossil
Entomological box containing a beetle
Species: Heliocopris dominus
Spearhead gypsum crystal from Seine et Marne
Butterflies bell
Species: 5 Morpho aega from Brasil presented under a beautiful tall bell on a pedestal
Entomological bound box
Papilio bromius butterfly
Entomological frame
Species: Cethosia biblis butterflies from Philippines
Trio of small Plococidaris verticillata sea urchins
Also known as Sputnik
Under a bell
Entomological box - 9x12cm
Callicore excelsior butterfly
Scarabée - Beetle under mini globe
Species: Phelotrupes auratus
Various other species available
Plastic mini globe
Neocerambyx gracilis: Longhorn beetle under a globe
Entomological bound box
Papilio aristeus butterfly from Peru captured in 1970
Brownbanded bamboo shark
Naturalized
Chiloscyllium punctatum
American pine marten skull
Martes americana
From Canada
Coyote skull from Canada
Canis latrans
All skulls are different in size, color, teeth etc... They are wild animals that have lived in freedom, so some skulls may have missing teeth or teeth that are worn, cracked or broken.
Diaphanization of Common mouse - Mus musculus
Biological preparation
The aim of diaphanization is to render the tissues transparent through a chemical process, and specific dyes are used to highlight the skeleton.
You can see the bones through the flesh!
