Pickled animals form backbone of anatomy display

Exposed elephant ... animals' anatomies are the focus of new exhibition

By ELLIE ROSS

An exhibition that shows animals in their most stripped back form — dissected, pickled and reassembled — will open on Friday.

Featuring around 100 specimens, Animal Inside Out displays the anatomical structure of some spectacular creatures.

Skin deep ... giraffe

It includes a giraffe revealing its neck vertebrae and a goat cut open to display the foetuses inside.

There is also a lamb constructed from its own capillaries, and a horse's head that is cut into three cross sections.

Pickled primate ... a woman views a plastinated gorilla

The elephant took a team of 30 three years and 64,000 man-hours to complete.

Preserved ... a woman views a goat exhibit

The animals — which all died of natural causes — were preserved using plastination.

Hopping mad ... a hare

Georgina Bishop, the museum's exhibition developer, said: "For us this is not grisly at all.

Animal Inside Out ... a plastinated elephant, giraffe and gorilla on display at the exhibition

"This is about science, anatomy, physiology.”

The exhibition opens at the Natural History Museum on April 6, 2012, and runs until September 16, 2012.

Jaws ... a woman views a shark

'Cow killer' bug's hair is a white old mess

Creepy ... the Thistledown Velvet Ant

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LOOKS like this insect is having a bad hair day.

The tiny Thistledown Velvet ant is just two centimetres long. But thanks to its vicious sting it is known as Cow Killer Ant.

Despite its name it is a wingless female wasp. It is found crawling through lawns or digging around soil.

Snapper Robert Jensen, 58, captured this super close-up photo while travelling through the Mojave Desert in California.

His 22-year-old son Chris spotted the critter wandering around on the ground.

The male of the bug species are even smaller — though it does not mean their sting is any less painful.

Kereta terbang selama lapan minit

kereta Transition bergerak di sebatang jalan raya di sebuah lokasi yang tidak didedahkan.

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DEE-ANN DURBIN, Amerika Syarikat (AS) - Prototaip kereta terbang ciptaan syarikat Terrafugia Inc. berjaya menamatkan penerbangan sulung pada bulan lalu.

Kenderaan itu yang dinamakan Transition memiliki dua tempat duduk, empat tayar dan sayap yang boleh dilipat.

Ia mampu terbang pada ketinggian 426 meter selama lapan minit dalam ujian yang diadakan pada 23 Mac lalu.

Setakat ini, kira-kira 100 orang telah membayar deposit sebanyak AS$10,000 (RM30,502) untuk membeli Transition.

Bilangan pembeli dijangka meningkat selepas kereta itu dipamerkan semasa Pameran Automotif New York berlangsung pada hujung minggu ini.

Menurut syarikat berkenaan, Transition dijual pada harga AS$279,000 (RM850,952).

Kenderaan tersebut turut memerlukan landasan untuk terbang.

Ketika ini, kereta itu menjalani satu siri ujian kemalangan bagi memastikan ia memenuhi piawaian keselamatan AS.

Menurut jurucakap syarikat itu, kelajuan Transition boleh mencecah 112 kilometer sejam (km/j) di jalan raya dan 185km/j di udara. - Agensi

Bapa rantai anak pada tiang

LEHER seorang remaja berusia 13 tahun dirantai pada sebatang tiang elektrik di Battambang semalam. - AFP

BATTAMBANG - Seorang bapa di Kemboja merantai leher seorang anak lelakinya pada sebatang tiang kayu elektrik di sini bagi menghukum remaja berkenaan yang ponteng sekolah untuk bermain permainan Internet, kata polis semalam.

Remaja berusia 13 tahun itu dirantai pada tiang elektrik sekitar dua jam.

Jirannya kemudian menghubungi pihak polis yang tiba di tempat kejadian bersama seorang tukang kunci untuk membebaskan mangsa.

"Si bapa amat marah apabila menemui anak lelakinya di sebuah kafe Internet dan bukan di sekolah sehingga dia sanggup merantai anaknya di khalayak sebagai pengajaran," kata Timbalan Ketua Polis Battambang, Cheth Vanny.

Menurutnya, mangsa turut dipukul oleh bapanya.

Bapa berusia 40 tahun itu, Sok Thoeun yang bekerja sebagai pemandu teksi motosikal melarikan diri selepas insiden berkenaan yang berlaku pada Selasa lepas.

Dia kini diburu polis kerana melakukan penderaan terhadap kanak-kanak.

"Dia sedang diburu," kata pegawai berkenaan.

"Penderaan seperti ini menyalahi undang-undang," tambahnya lagi.

Penggunaan Internet di Kemboja adalah antara yang terendah di Asia Tenggara dengan kurang 1.5 peratus daripada 14 juta penduduk Kemboja menggunakan kemudahan tersebut. - AFP

Ikan flowerhorn jadi tumpuan pengunjung

BENTUK bonggol yang terdapat pada ikan itu.

BANGKOK - Seekor ikan flowerhorn yang mempunyai bonggol berwarna merah pada kepala menjadi tumpuan para pengunjung pada satu festival ikan di sini semalam.

Diadakan pada setiap tahun di Thailand, festival yang dikenali sebagai Pramong Nomjai Thai Tuala itu mempamerkan pelbagai jenis ikan eksotik dan mahal seperti flowerhorn dan arowana.

Pada tahun ini, pameran yang diadakan di sebuah pusat beli-belah itu akan berakhir pada 1 April depan. - Agensi

Rubber sculptures are the wheel deal

Artworks made from nothing but old tyres

Recycled art ... rhinoceros-type creature

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By MATT QUINTON

Last Updated: 28th March 2012

Imaginative Yong Ho Ji salvages rubber for his designs from old cars he finds at scrap yards.

He then spends months cutting each tyre into thin strips before moulding them together into models of animals, with some standing more than 5ft tall.

One of his scary sculptures is a huge rhinoceros-type beast, complete with an enormous horn.

Another of his creations is a huge lion rearing up on its hind legs, while one sculpture is a Minotaur, a creature from ancient Greek myth.

Yong Ho, from Korea, told how he had the idea of making models from tyres after visiting his local scrap yard to find parts for his car.

Cat's nice ... sculpture of a lion

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He explained: "Because of their rubbery nature, tyres can be cut, bent, and manipulated into many different forms and shapes. The flexibility and the strength of tyres drew me to them.

"Every artist has their own medium they work best in and for me it's definitely old tyres. You could say I'm burning rubber."

Minotaur madness ... sculpture of mythological creature

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He uses up to 50 different tyres on a single sculpture, with each artwork taking anywhere from a few weeks to several months to finish.

He added: "Many people tell me that they are frightened by my works. But the truth is that our society is already familiar with freakish things.

Incredible artwork ... model monster

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"Take genetic engineering and environmental pollution for example.

"There have been cases where eating genetically modified food could have caused strange, unexplainable diseases: babies born with two heads, and a lab mouse with a human ear growing on its back."

Isn't it rubbery ... model made from used tyres

Kelawar berusia 100 tahun dipamer

SEORANG kakitangan memegang seekor kelawar buah berusia 100 tahun yang telah diawet di Akademi Sains Semula Jadi di Philadelphia pada Jumaat lalu. - AP

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PHILADELPHIA - Seekor kelawar buah dari India yang berusia 100 tahun yang telah diawet dipamerkan di Akademi Sains Semula Jadi di sini.

Kelawar itu merupakan antara haiwan yang dipamerkan sempena sambutan ulang tahun yang ke-200 akademi tersebut.

Haiwan tersebut juga merupakan antara 18 juta spesimen yang disimpan di akademi itu. - AP

Lionel Messi is highest-paid star in the world

JACKPOT ... Barcelona ace Lionel Messi is coining it in

By STEVE BRENNER

The brilliant Barcelona wing wizard has been tipped to earn a jaw-dropping £27.4million this year from wages, bonuses, sponsorships and endorsements.

His annual £13m salary gets topped up nicely through a number of deals with leading global brands, including adidas and Pepsi, and it seems like the sky is the limit for the Argentine.

Messi just heads off the enduring money-making machine that is David Beckham, whose wallet shows no sign of thinning out despite playing his football in America with LA Galaxy.

Becks, 36, is set to earn £26m as his worldwide claim shows little sign of diminishing, especially as his latest deal is to be Samsung's global ambassador for the Olympics.

He leads Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo, whose wages match his amazing record of 98 goals in 90 games for the La Liga leaders.

The list of the world's richest footballers and coaches, complied by France Football, sees Wayne Rooney in fifth place behind Samuel Eto'o, who plays for mega-rich Russian outfit Anzhi Makhachkala.

Rooney earns £17m against Eto'o's £19.3m. The Manchester United striker picks up £8m a season from his latest five-year contract and, although he ran into trouble with Coca-Cola last year following off-the-field skirmishes, commercial interest in the England superstar is soaring again.

Jose Mourinho is the top-paid coach with £10.19m this year with Real Madrid.

Paris St Germain boss Carlo Ancelotti is second (£11m) with Barca's Pep Guardiola (£7.88m) third.

Let me stay! Drogba does not want to leave but admits Blues future is uncertain

Didier Drogba repeated his desire to stay at Chelsea for 'as long as possible' after their historic Champions League comeback against Napoli but insisted: 'I am not master of my destiny'.

Drogba proved last night that, even at the age of 34, he was still the Blues' main man, opening the scoring in their thrilling 4-1 extra-time win at Stamford Bridge.

The striker currently looks set to leave the club - potentially for a lucrative payday in China - when his contract expires at the end of the season following failed negotiations over a new deal.

Thumbs up: Didier Drogba wants to stay at Chelsea after celebrating Wednesday's win over Napoli

But he admitted last night's 5-4 aggregate success made him want to stay put even more.

He told Canal+: 'I am not master of my fate, but I will stay as long as possible.

'I am happy here, to experience moments like these. I hope there will be many others.'

Chelsea became only the fourth team in 45 attempts to overturn a first leg deficit of two goals or more, belying the predictions that last night would be the likes of Drogba's final Champions League outing for the club.

The Ivorian said: 'Many have said that it was my last game, but the adventure continues.

Let me stay: Drogba has revealed his desire to prolong his stay at Stamford Bridge

'It has been a long time since I have seen a Chelsea like this.'

Indeed, the Blues have come under heavy criticism for their performances this season, which led to the sacking of manager Andre Villas-Boas almost two weeks ago.

Midfielder Frank Lampard, who also scored, said: 'The only way to answer it is to win games and play well and we've done that.

'It was an amazing night here. I've had some very good nights here in the Champions League at home and this one goes straight in right at the top because being 3-1 down against a quality team and performing like we did was a great feeling.'

Happy days: Drogba soaks up Chelsea's stunning Champions League victory against Napoli with John Terry

Lampard, whose fractious relationship with Villas-Boas was also arguably a factor in the Portuguese's downfall, insisted Wednesday's win would mean nothing if Chelsea failed to qualify for next season's Champions League.

He said: 'It needs to be a real step forward for us in the Premier League as well.

'We need to enjoy the fact that we're still in the Champions League but we need to make sure we carry that form into our league games.'

Lamborghini Aventador “Boeing Dreamliner Edition”

In recognition of its partnership with Boeing on advanced materials such as the carbon fiber used in the 787 Dreamliner, Lamborghini has unveiled a one-of-a-kind Aventador LP 700-4 with a swoopy, blue and white Dreamliner-esque color scheme.

Source: nwsource