Monday, August 3, 2009

Bottled Up

Shots from a recent trip to the Museum of Natural History in the University of the Philippines Los Banos.

Click to enlarge image.Veiled Mushroom

Click to enlarge image.Cobra Curves

Click to enlarge image.Fishes in Coffee Jars

Click to enlarge image.Ascaris Worms

Click to enlarge image.

Click to enlarge image.Bottled Child


According to the Laguna government website, "The museum established on September 30, 1976 has more than 200,000 biological collections of Philippine plants, animals, microorganism and other biota that showcase the rich biodiversity of the country."

More about UP Los Banos at http://www.uplb.edu.ph/. More photos of the trip in the next post.

Photos taken using the Canon 1000D

PBA09qp7nops

7 comments:

khaz said...

yuck the worms!

Lawrence Antaran said...

im quite surprised that my friends from the medical field are more grossed out than the rest. particularly with the worms...

thanks for the visit, khaz. :D

ennui said...

post the stick insects! my favorite! :)

Anonymous said...

wow! haha! parang gusto ko madiri pero parang ang interesting makakita ng ganyan...

Edrick said...

haha parang yuckyeeky na ewan but still nice to look at? :-p i like dictyophora, the shape's inspiring!

Phuc said...

ang gory naman nito. lol

Lawrence Antaran said...

Well, that's just natural (history), I guess. :D