The Oregon Zoo wanted to remind everyone on Twitter how cool animals were, and they found the perfect way to do it. In honor of the Halloween season, on Wednesday, October 17, they posted a series of X-rays of some of their favorite, most photogenic animals. The results were as fascinating as they were spooky!
Amazing and gothy animal X-rays taken during health checks at our veterinary center: a thread pic.twitter.com/MRuMgSiZTL
— Oregon Zoo (@OregonZoo) October 17, 2018
Rodrigues flying fox pic.twitter.com/gTZbTnG68s
— Oregon Zoo (@OregonZoo) October 17, 2018
These skeletons are nothing like ours, but look just as neat!
Ball python pic.twitter.com/ntUxMKzurh
— Oregon Zoo (@OregonZoo) October 17, 2018
A beaver's tail pic.twitter.com/cpuhPvlGxD
— Oregon Zoo (@OregonZoo) October 17, 2018
Have you ever wondered what’s going on inside some of these creatures?
Toco toucan pic.twitter.com/GNxcufCaRW
— Oregon Zoo (@OregonZoo) October 17, 2018
Twitter users were incredibly into the pictures!
The chameleons tail looks like a Fibonacci spiral
— Emma McArthur (@Emma_mca17) October 17, 2018
@diary_jim Whooooaaaaa
— pancakes (@raisingweirdos) October 17, 2018
Oh my goodness, these are amazing! I think my favorite is the chameleon's tail.
— Get To Know Nature (@GetToKnowNature) October 17, 2018
Taking these X-rays must have been pretty tough, considering how hard it is to tell an animal to “stay still.”
How on earth did you take an x-ray while he was flying?
— Laurie Strings (@Eq2Strings) October 17, 2018
Flying foxes are cool inside and out!
— Becca B (@BeForrest45) October 17, 2018
amazing pic.twitter.com/dXQEnm03R6
— #Error أحمد الشمري (@errorak7) October 18, 2018
Studying a snake’s bones can distract you from how big and scary they are.
I just set this as my phone background.
— Amanda Haugland (@Ovis_Obscura) October 17, 2018
Snake one is super cool.
— Aaron Rossen (@Rossenaut) October 17, 2018
Boney noodle
— MerryGothChristmas (@ObligatoryToast) October 17, 2018
It turns out there aren’t many bones at all in a beaver’s tail, but it still looks cool!
The beaver's tail is so misleading
— Mel Van De W. (@melissavandew) October 17, 2018
Can't you survive in the wild for quite some time with just a beavers tail for food because they are so high in fat
— son of rasmus (@rasmussenapple) October 18, 2018
One bone in particular stands out on the toucan…
I'd love to see the rest of the toucan. It's interesting to compare bird skeletons to dinosaurs.
— Isa-Lee Wolf; RAINN: 800-656-4673 (@IsaLeeWolf) October 17, 2018
Nature is so damn gorgeous.
— Ghoulicious ️ (@Firesnakious) October 17, 2018
These are A+ Halloween decorations for animal-lovers everywhere—we all need them framed ASAP!
I need this as a print stat!
— Andrew Herrera (@Andrew__Herrera) October 17, 2018
H/T – Twitter, Express & Star