Body Worlds

Yesterday afternoon my brother and I went to Body Worlds in Salt Lake. It was pretty neat. The bodies didn't look as real as I thought they would. But it was pretty amazing what they can do with them. There were displays of entire bodies, including one with skin still on some of it. There were also displays of organs, capalaries, the central nervous system, and even cross sections of a camel. They also had embryos in jars and fetuses that never made it to birth, which was absolutely amazing to me. The smallest embryo they had was about 6 weeks gestation. You could hardly see it. But within a few weeks you could see a little alien baby with fingers and toes. I wish I could have taken pictures inside. Another thing I loved was the comparison of smoker's lung to a healthy lung.

It was really neat to see these things in real life. I've seen plenty in medical text books and encyclopedias. I highly recommend going if you ever have the chance. They move around from city to city. If you do go, don't take your kids. It took us 3 hours to get through it. And there were so many people fighting with kids (including me) and trying to keep them entertained without letting them touch the displays. You can really learn a lot from it if you take your time going through.

I kept sitting Morgan up, but she would go right back to this position, I guess it was the most comfortable.