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Kimono ; Japan ; 1840-1860 CE ;

London ' Victoria and Albert Museum [1'875x2'500]

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Alexis Ren

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The Assassin Bug Wears Its Victims' Corpses As Camouflage

Assassin Bugs prey on ants, inject enzyme into the ant preys and suck the ants dry, then put the dead bodies on their back for camouflage, most likely as a form of defence against other predator like jumping spiders.

Assassin bugs deceive spiders with coat of many corpses

This is an old article, reposted from the original WordPress incarnation of Not Exactly Rocket Science. I’m travelling around at the moment

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Kangaroo balls as souvenir.

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Coffine pendant with woven hair inside (1703)

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Diogo Alves (1810-41), Portugal

Der in Formaldehyd konservierte Kopf von Diogo Alves, der 1841 gehenkt wurde, weil ihm der Raubmord an 70 Personen in der Zeit von 1836-40 a...

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Roman mosaic showing a human skeleton carrying cups. The object was found in Pompeii and dated to the 2nd century BCE

Das römische Mosaik eines Skeletts aus Pompeji, 3. Jahrhundert vor Christi Geburt © Abb.: Heritage Images/​ullstein

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''Death and the Maiden'' is a boxwood carving made by Hans Swharz in 1520. It's now on display at the Bode Museum in Berlin

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Mummified cats. British museum: A guide to the third and fourth Egyptian rooms. 1904.

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Reliquary containing an arm bone of Charlemagne. Aachen, Germany. [2595x3956]

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Source:http://www.ipsilon.ch/media/HQTGR102/gauthier_et_al_2014_suicide_tourism_a_pilot_study_on_the_swiss_phenomenon.pdf

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La Mort Saint-Innocent, 1520s. Louvre Museum, France [2004 × 3126]