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Forget the lucky rabbit's foot, dead mice are the way to go.
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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 298123" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p><a href="http://www.boneroom.com/" target="_blank">http://www.boneroom.com/</a></p><p></p><p>This is really cool - he will have to click on the links of which types of bones he's looking for. A lot of times we've used this to identify different types of skulls and skeletons we've found.</p><p></p><p>Another neat thing that is out right now is WALKING DINOSAURS. It's a life-size show with 'real' walking dinosaurs set to a narrative story. I want to go see it here, but tickets in the nosebleed section are $40.00 and DF can't do the stairs. Handicapped area tickets start at $90- (nice) so it's a no go.</p><p></p><p>Something else to check out with your local larger colleges is a real dig site. Here in South Carolina I tried to get Dude hooked up with a professor from USC that was offering a dig for teens a few years back. Had Dude been a straight A student with advanced classes in sciences etc....he could have gone to camp South of Charleston. There is a real-life dig unearthing a dinosaur there. Sadly the man did not want any "troubled" teens mucking up his dig. I hope he gets bit by a T-rex. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite4" alt=":mad:" title="Mad :mad:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":mad:" /></p><p></p><p>Also - tell him to check out Dermestid beetles. They are in the Coleoptera family some people call them skin beetle, because well - they eat um...skin. A lot of these places use them to actually clean the flesh off of carcases (no joke) but to see them in action (if you get into that sort of thing) is remarkable. A lot of taxidermist and bone collectors buy them (you really can buy them on the internet) and that's what they are used for. <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/sick.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sick:" title="sick :sick:" data-shortname=":sick:" /> or <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />depending on your interest in bugs. Google them - even the Smithsonian has a room JUST for this purpose as do most museums.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae</a> VERY destructive and do NOT order them to see what they do - wickedly prolific and</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 298123, member: 4964"] [url]http://www.boneroom.com/[/url] This is really cool - he will have to click on the links of which types of bones he's looking for. A lot of times we've used this to identify different types of skulls and skeletons we've found. Another neat thing that is out right now is WALKING DINOSAURS. It's a life-size show with 'real' walking dinosaurs set to a narrative story. I want to go see it here, but tickets in the nosebleed section are $40.00 and DF can't do the stairs. Handicapped area tickets start at $90- (nice) so it's a no go. Something else to check out with your local larger colleges is a real dig site. Here in South Carolina I tried to get Dude hooked up with a professor from USC that was offering a dig for teens a few years back. Had Dude been a straight A student with advanced classes in sciences etc....he could have gone to camp South of Charleston. There is a real-life dig unearthing a dinosaur there. Sadly the man did not want any "troubled" teens mucking up his dig. I hope he gets bit by a T-rex. :angry: Also - tell him to check out Dermestid beetles. They are in the Coleoptera family some people call them skin beetle, because well - they eat um...skin. A lot of these places use them to actually clean the flesh off of carcases (no joke) but to see them in action (if you get into that sort of thing) is remarkable. A lot of taxidermist and bone collectors buy them (you really can buy them on the internet) and that's what they are used for. :sick: or :happy:depending on your interest in bugs. Google them - even the Smithsonian has a room JUST for this purpose as do most museums.[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dermestidae[/url] VERY destructive and do NOT order them to see what they do - wickedly prolific and [/QUOTE]
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