Paris is a real museum-jungle! One of its treasures, the National Museum of Natural History (Musée national d'Histoire naturelle), is hidden in the green Jardin des Plantes (Garden of the plants).
Here i would like to show you the Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, which is just one part/ bilding of the whole museum. There I was taken aback by an impressive collection of nearly thousand skeletons, building kind of a huge heird of bones to welcome the visitors.
Here i would like to show you the Gallery of Palaeontology and Comparative Anatomy, which is just one part/ bilding of the whole museum. There I was taken aback by an impressive collection of nearly thousand skeletons, building kind of a huge heird of bones to welcome the visitors.
Above you can see the skeletons of different whales.
On the second floor I met some dinosaurs and other instinct animals. The incredible fossil collection shows a whole world kept alive as traces (of bones, teeth, shell, imprints of leaves or animal tracks) in sedimentary rocks.
This was an excellent way to travel in time and follow the evolution that took place on Earth. Thats why several scientists have refered to the museum as one of the most beautiful in Paris! I can confirm: it is really worth seeing...
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What animal has that done structure? Real HUUUUGE!
Hey Roj,
the first one is an instinct one:it was called "Doedicurus", an ancient armadillo...really impressive, no?
the second pic is a mix of different whales skelettons and the third one shows an imprint of a shrimp!
cheers!
ist das nicht der ausgestorbene patagonische riesen-armadillo?
das ist in der tat ein interessantes museum. stell dir vor, jemand bricht nachts ein und bringt all die knochen durcheinander....
The shrimp fossil marks is amazing while the other two are just.... "WOW"!
Very nice trip in time indeed!
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