PART VI OF Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History
[the conclusion of a week-long tour]
Y'just can't have a trip to a Science museum without exhibits of animals. Stuffed, dioramas, skeletal remains, fossils and what have you. So for Camera Critters it's all about the animals....
The first photo is of the 'world's largest crustacean'. A Japanese Spider Crab. The female is the smaller of the two. The info card by the display said the arm-spand length on the male can be as long as some 3.7 meters [12 feet]
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Around Texas, even in neighborhood back yards within the city limits you could possibly have this for a visitor! And they ARE cute...I even read they eat unwanted guests like ants and termites and cockroaches. So...the eco-system works for me. An opossum.
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The Whooping Crane. There is a special reserve in Texas between here and Galveston Texas that the cranes migrate to in the winter from our neighbors to the North; Canada. The state of Texas keeps tabs on the new births each year and saves the statistics in order to maybe help keep them from extinction.
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The infamous Armadillo.
They always remind me of
the 'roly-poly' insects found
under rocks in the yard...
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Not to mention the science of paleontology...
fossils and skeletons
Fossilized dinosaur bones!
Snake and Spider Monkey Skeletal displays
Lastly, to conclude the museum tour for the week, the buffalo still ROAM...
I DO HOPE AND SEND WISHES TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE OBSERVING THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND HERE IN AMERICA....be safe, enjoy and have a hot dog for me!!! Happy Memorial Day!!!
This week's previous Museum Tour links:
PART I
PART II
PART III
PART IV
PART V
POSTED: Saturday, May 29th, 2010
12:14 A.M.
Wow! Those are some fabulous shots...so glad those spiders aren't alive! I would love to see a live armadillo...like a walking suit of armor.
ReplyDeleteAwesome collection, though am glad the spiders were behind glass! LOL
ReplyDeleteCheryl Those are spider CRABS. Creepy looking, huh?
ReplyDeleteWonderful collection of critters and full of good information, too.
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ReplyDeleteGreat series of critters, thanks for sharing..
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous tour round the museum. I didn't care much for the spider crabs (shudder) but the rest of the exhibits are wonderful. Love the buffalo ;-)
ReplyDeletewow! those are cool collection of critters. I always love going to museum.
ReplyDeleteYes, the photos definitely are museum quality! You did a super job on all of them.
ReplyDeletethanks for the pics have a good mem. day. rose
ReplyDeleteHave a relaxing special weekend
ReplyDeleteI am always surprised by your wonderful blog layouts, Anni... and always delighted to see your beautiful photo.
ReplyDeleteI nearly yelped when I saw those crabs! lol the rest of the shots I really enjoyed though, what a fascinating place to visit!
ReplyDeleteI like musuems but living in a small town we have nothing like this here.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing and the coffee is on.
Looks like a great place to visit, good photos.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots, very informative too.
ReplyDeleteI have never seen some of them ever.
Honestly Anni, I have not seen a possum... And I just came from the LA Museum of Natural History today.
ReplyDeleteI do not eat hot dog but maybe I can share soen BBQ pork ribs!
Enjoy your weekend!
I meant, some....
ReplyDeleteI meant, some....
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post!
ReplyDeleteCool museum critters! I would love to see the whooping crane and an armadillo for real.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos. My first time to see Spider Crabs. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeletethis is a truly great post, thank you for the knowledge and the pictures are great too.
ReplyDeleteOmigosh, those spider crabs would give me nightmares, they sure do resemble giant spiders!! Ick! Isn't it wonderful to be able to see all kinds of animals up close without worrying that they'll bite you or run away? lol Paleontology is the part that has always fascinated me, I think if I was to start all over again I would become a paleontologist and/or archeologist:-) Shawn actually wanted to become an archeologist but then at the last minute decided to take computer courses...go figure! lol xoxo
ReplyDeleteVery cool! We never did go there when we lived there, looks like we missed out! Thanx for sharing your trip! Great shots too!
ReplyDeleteA very interesting series, and extremely well photographed.
ReplyDeletethe first two are creepy creepy. made me shiver lol
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