Comments on: X-Ray of a scorpion fish http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:18:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: bobcorrigan http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html#comment-1370796 bobcorrigan Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149268#comment-1370796 I like the Solenostomus cyanopterus x-rays, you can see the skeletons of what their last meals were.    Here's a higher-res photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmnh/6721868695/lightbox/ I like the Solenostomus cyanopterus x-rays, you can see the skeletons of what their last meals were.    Here’s a higher-res photo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmnh/6721868695/lightbox/

]]> By: Marko Raos http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html#comment-1370761 Marko Raos Wed, 14 Mar 2012 22:49:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149268#comment-1370761 nvm nvm

]]> By: bobcorrigan http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html#comment-1370211 bobcorrigan Wed, 14 Mar 2012 16:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149268#comment-1370211 I'll look in to what we can do to make those prints available.  It's a good idea. I’ll look in to what we can do to make those prints available.  It’s a good idea.

]]> By: Bookburn http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html#comment-1370207 Bookburn Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:52:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149268#comment-1370207 My science classroom needs prints of these.  Heck... my bedroom needs prints of these. My science classroom needs prints of these.  Heck… my bedroom needs prints of these.

]]> By: Nicholas Robinson http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html#comment-1370168 Nicholas Robinson Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:12:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149268#comment-1370168 Very interesting . . . but when they're X-rayed, even the tiniest fibrils of bone are perfectly preserved in exact position, whereas I'd imagine by removing the underlying structures, ie. muscle, fat, cartilage etc. some of the smaller structures would become deformed by gravity. Now I'd like to see a human being cleared and stained! Very interesting . . . but when they’re X-rayed, even the tiniest fibrils of bone are perfectly preserved in exact position, whereas I’d imagine by removing the underlying structures, ie. muscle, fat, cartilage etc. some of the smaller structures would become deformed by gravity.

Now I’d like to see a human being cleared and stained!

]]> By: Nicholas Robinson http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html#comment-1370161 Nicholas Robinson Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:04:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149268#comment-1370161 I'm fascinated by the fact that if you somehow persuade yourself that you're not necessarily looking at a fish, you can see the underlying structure of mammals, reptiles, even (you have to stretch it) insects. Things are yes, elongated, skewed, bent, feathered, but still, there's that "all non-vegetative life on Earth" paradigm going on in this lowly fish . . . I'd like to see one of those neat morphing videos turning this fish skeleton into, say, a cheetah skeleton. I'll bet it could be done without too much removal/addition. I’m fascinated by the fact that if you somehow persuade yourself that you’re not necessarily looking at a fish, you can see the underlying structure of mammals, reptiles, even (you have to stretch it) insects. Things are yes, elongated, skewed, bent, feathered, but still, there’s that “all non-vegetative life on Earth” paradigm going on in this lowly fish . . . I’d like to see one of those neat morphing videos turning this fish skeleton into, say, a cheetah skeleton. I’ll bet it could be done without too much removal/addition.

]]> By: Dan Warren http://boingboing.net/2012/03/14/x-ray-of-a-scorpion-fish.html#comment-1370159 Dan Warren Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=149268#comment-1370159 The California Academy of Sciences has a great book and exhibit on fish x-rays as well: http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/x-ray_ichthyology/ If you want to see something even cooler, though, you should look for an exhibition of "cleared and stained" fish.  This is a process in which the flesh of the fish is made transparent via the application of special chemicals while their bones and connective tissue are dyed.  Just do a Google image search for "cleared and stained fish" and you'll be blown away. The California Academy of Sciences has a great book and exhibit on fish x-rays as well:

http://www.calacademy.org/exhibits/x-ray_ichthyology/

If you want to see something even cooler, though, you should look for an exhibition of “cleared and stained” fish.  This is a process in which the flesh of the fish is made transparent via the application of special chemicals while their bones and connective tissue are dyed.  Just do a Google image search for “cleared and stained fish” and you’ll be blown away.

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