Thursday, May 21, 2009

Latern Shark



The Latern Shark

Some sharks glow in the dark! Do you see something shiny in the water? Watch out! Tiny lantern sharks are covered with glow-in-the dark slime. The lantern shark is a deap sea shark and many deep sea animals glow. Scientists think glowing might help predators attract prey.

Sunday, May 17, 2009

Field Museum

The boys have been finishing up second grade and have officially graduated to third!! So now to update the website after quite a break. Speaking of break, during spring break in April, Samuel toured the big musuems in Chicago and got to study those reptiles and whales a little more. At the Field Musuem in Chicago, you have to start with the dinosaur SUE, which is right when you walk into the musuem. Here are pictures of the whole skeleton and then just her head.



The other cool thing they had there was a skeleton of a whale, which of course was HUGE. Here is the whale's flipper/hand.



The whale's mouth



The whale's Spine



Snake skeleton


Reptile Teeth