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Human femoral bone, AFM

Labour and birth

A Victorian child's shoe and leg caliper in leather and steel

Medieval human mandible (lower jaw bone)

Beetle leg tip, microphotograph

Osteocyte in cortical bone, SEM

X-ray of a knee joint printed on coated aluminium, artwork

Complete skeleton of a flamingo (Phoenicopteridae). Flamingos are tall wading birds with long, delicate legs and downturned bills. They also have long, curved necks which are made up of multiple vertebrae as seen here. The flamingo is 62 cm from ground to shoulder.

A diatom frustule

Cortical bone mapping of hip from computed tomography (CT)

Complete skeleton of a marabou stork

3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs

Complete skeleton of a Harris' hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

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Cortical bone mapping of hip from computed tomography (CT)

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3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs

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Cortical bone mapping of hip from computed tomography (CT)

Complete skeleton of a marabou stork

3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs

Complete skeleton of a Harris' hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus)

3D reconstructed elephant hind limbs

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