Once a year the Michigan State Veterinary School opens its doors to the public, allowing glimpses into the strange world of experimental animal science. Three headed fish, radioactive locusts, giant killer shrews! Would we experience any of these horrorous wonders?! Stay tuned to find out!
Unfortunately we didn't see many genetic freaks or Snuffleupagus like alien pod people. There were quite a few normalish animals though. Here's a completely blind owl (Yes rly):
They had ferrets there that you could cuddle with. Little kids love ferrets because they bounce around much in the same way the kids do.
This alligator is surprisingly indifferent to being petted. At one point it started moving its legs like it was running, but its belly was still on the table, keeping him from actually moving. The handler said it was his "treadmill" and he was just grabbing some exercise.
This hawk totally shocked and awed a mouse.
They freed another hawk back into the wild (not the "tame" one: his handler said that if the wild hawk had been in the crowded room tied to a post he would have been flipping out). The huge bird hauled it pretty quick away from the group of well-wishers.
Here's my sister and Erin, who didn't bother to wait most of the time for the slow moving amateur photographer. You just wait until I have a DLSR with 5 lenses and a tripod (according to Erin, I'm allowed to buy another camera when I retire).
I imagine this is what Mona looks like inside when you take away the pounds of hair, fat, and self-absorption.
My sister is actually planning on applying to the school. She has a knack with animals, and I think we've all wanted her to be a vet. She bugged our parents into getting so many animals, and even saved up for a horse which she rode for a couple of years. The horse in the photo below was at the MSU vet with pregnancy complications. When we saw her she had just lost twins.
This one deserves a caption:
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Unfortunately we didn't see many genetic freaks or Snuffleupagus like alien pod people. There were quite a few normalish animals though. Here's a completely blind owl (Yes rly):
They had ferrets there that you could cuddle with. Little kids love ferrets because they bounce around much in the same way the kids do.
This alligator is surprisingly indifferent to being petted. At one point it started moving its legs like it was running, but its belly was still on the table, keeping him from actually moving. The handler said it was his "treadmill" and he was just grabbing some exercise.
This hawk totally shocked and awed a mouse.
They freed another hawk back into the wild (not the "tame" one: his handler said that if the wild hawk had been in the crowded room tied to a post he would have been flipping out). The huge bird hauled it pretty quick away from the group of well-wishers.
Here's my sister and Erin, who didn't bother to wait most of the time for the slow moving amateur photographer. You just wait until I have a DLSR with 5 lenses and a tripod (according to Erin, I'm allowed to buy another camera when I retire).
I imagine this is what Mona looks like inside when you take away the pounds of hair, fat, and self-absorption.
My sister is actually planning on applying to the school. She has a knack with animals, and I think we've all wanted her to be a vet. She bugged our parents into getting so many animals, and even saved up for a horse which she rode for a couple of years. The horse in the photo below was at the MSU vet with pregnancy complications. When we saw her she had just lost twins.
This one deserves a caption:
moar funny pictures
1 comment:
jason requests hawk in the sky and dead dinosaur pictures. full bust. no funny stuff.
yes, it is a dead dinosaur. pwnasaurus.
dont shatter my dreams.
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