Smithsonian X-rays Two-Headed Shark And Other Collection Specimens
- 10 years ago
Among the fish in the Smithsonian Institution’s National History Museum’s collection is a smooth-hound shark with two heads.
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History boasts the largest collection of fish specimens in the world.
Over the years, many have been x-rayed as a means of providing those interested an in-depth research tool.
Among the fish caught on film is a smooth-hound shark with two heads.
The image shows that the shark also has two distinct spinal columns.
In whole, the fish measured to be about 6-inches long.
Smooth-hound sharks are typically born at just under a foot and grow to be about 2-and-a-half feet in length.
The two-headed one was preserved in its larval stage.
While it may be unusual, it's far from being the only intriguing inclusion in the x-ray archives.
Currently on tour nationwide is an exhibition featuring several of the research images taken over the years.
Titled “X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out,” the traveling show will appear around the country through 2015.
Featured in it are 40 digital prints of many examples including a skate wing, a longnose butterfly fish, and a viper moray eel.
One of the show curator’s is Sandra Raredon who’s been working at the Smithsonian for the last 27 years.
The Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History boasts the largest collection of fish specimens in the world.
Over the years, many have been x-rayed as a means of providing those interested an in-depth research tool.
Among the fish caught on film is a smooth-hound shark with two heads.
The image shows that the shark also has two distinct spinal columns.
In whole, the fish measured to be about 6-inches long.
Smooth-hound sharks are typically born at just under a foot and grow to be about 2-and-a-half feet in length.
The two-headed one was preserved in its larval stage.
While it may be unusual, it's far from being the only intriguing inclusion in the x-ray archives.
Currently on tour nationwide is an exhibition featuring several of the research images taken over the years.
Titled “X-ray Vision: Fish Inside Out,” the traveling show will appear around the country through 2015.
Featured in it are 40 digital prints of many examples including a skate wing, a longnose butterfly fish, and a viper moray eel.
One of the show curator’s is Sandra Raredon who’s been working at the Smithsonian for the last 27 years.