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Once in a while, zoos perform health checks on their beloved animals and you'd think that there couldn't be anything really 'artsy' about it. Well, that's what all of us thought until Oregon Zoo posted these incredible shots from their animal x-rays, and the results look way cooler than you'd think.
Oregon Zoo's digital media specialist told Bored Panda that he decided to share these images online after seeing an x-ray of a chameleon and thought it looked very cool, " I went to our Veterinary Center where the vets showed me a database full of these incredible images. I thought these would be a spooky and fascinating way to look at wildlife during the Halloween season, but the response was unexpected. I love that teachers are using them in classrooms and adults are using them as games at Halloween parties."
Scroll down to see these incredible images yourself, and don't forget to check the zoo's page to learn more about their work!
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Chameleon
Night Owl 7 years ago (edited)
Looks like a schnecke (a sweet bun - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnecken) Cuisson-Au...776a5b.jpg 
Brigitta Swart 7 years ago
We used to have so many in the garden when I was a kid. You don't see them often anymore, such a pity. They are such amazing little critters
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Ball Python
Doodle Wolf 7 years ago
1) It's an X-ray 2) they eat rats and mice, you can feed them live or frozen (but you thaw the frozen)
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A Tiger's Paw
Trisha Haskett 7 years ago
Come closer Richard. I want to show you my awesome retractable claws.
Andrea Delden 7 years ago
Now I can see how “cats” can e tend and retract their claws! Amazing!
#4
A Beaver's Tail
Dolicious 7 years ago
It´s mainly fat to feed on in winter surrounded by horn (at least thats what the www says).
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Hedgehog (Dark Spot Is Gas In The Stomach)
Tyler Cook 7 years ago
I think if he rolls around really fast, sonic style, it will help get it out
Jilltdcatlady 7 years ago
Awesome! You can see the prickles all over the outside of his/her body.
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Toco Toucan
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Rodrigues Flying Fox
C.Marrero 7 years ago
This is how they look like in the outside B6B26EB6-F...3-jpeg.jpg 
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Fat-Tailed Gecko
Doodle Wolf 7 years ago
It's where all the organs are located, and since it's an x-ray they don't show up
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Screech Owl
Petri Häkkinen 7 years ago
One ring is to rule them all, the other one is just for fashion.
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Daria B 7 years ago (edited)
The egg came first because eggs existed with dinosaurs and earlier, but the birds took longer to evolve as a species. ♥
Load More Replies... Jilltdcatlady 7 years ago
I have seen owls in action, like eagles and hawkd, but fluffy. But seeing the "inside" version makes it look so cute and weak.
#10
A Turtle
Mojones 7 years ago
Or continents and islands. Terry Pratchett was right!
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Three-Banded Armadillo
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Wolf Eel
Tyler Cook 7 years ago
I was waiting for a punchline. Sounded like the setup for a joke
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Susann Campbell 7 years ago
I see a man standing right behind a woman and it's located in the "brain" area.
Momom0 7 years ago
It's new technology, this is not a simple antedated xray. This one can scan your thoughts... this fish is thinking about dinner.
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Flamingo
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Dwarf Mongoose
Nomadus Aureus 7 years ago
The bar could be a microchip. But what about those white pebble things?
Steve Barker 7 years ago
The rectangular density is some sort of artefact. The densities in the stomach could be bones from a meal or small stones.
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What do you think ?
Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
We are all so different and yet we are so incredibly similar. We walk, we crawl, we swim, we fly and we are all parts of the total that make up our planet. It is probably impossible that one of the oxygen molecules in my lungs right now has not once been in the body of a dinosaur, or a mammut, or a prehistoric cave-dwelling man. Let´s treat our environment well so that our great great grandchildren and all other kinds of animals and other forms of life on Earth will have a fighting chance to lead a life worth living. So what if today´s mega-corporations will have to make do with a smaller profit!
rakuninaru 7 years ago
All of them look so awesome... they look like my new desktop backgrounds
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
I know a lot of people that would purchase these and frame them! What a great way that would be to raise $$ for local rescues!!!
Eileen Crawford 7 years ago
I'd like to see an Elephant, or a cheeta.An x-ray of the statue David.
Johnny Frostbite 7 years ago
I love the images, but I'm curious why there are so many full-body x-rays. I hope there were symptoms that warranted an x-ray and they weren't just stressing animals out for art's sake
Johnny Frostbite 7 years ago
I just investigated and it seems like x-ray requires less sedation than a full physical exam. makes sense.
Load More Replies... Monika Soffronow 7 years ago
We are all so different and yet we are so incredibly similar. We walk, we crawl, we swim, we fly and we are all parts of the total that make up our planet. It is probably impossible that one of the oxygen molecules in my lungs right now has not once been in the body of a dinosaur, or a mammut, or a prehistoric cave-dwelling man. Let´s treat our environment well so that our great great grandchildren and all other kinds of animals and other forms of life on Earth will have a fighting chance to lead a life worth living. So what if today´s mega-corporations will have to make do with a smaller profit!
rakuninaru 7 years ago
All of them look so awesome... they look like my new desktop backgrounds
Melody Lanzatella 7 years ago
I know a lot of people that would purchase these and frame them! What a great way that would be to raise $$ for local rescues!!!
Eileen Crawford 7 years ago
I'd like to see an Elephant, or a cheeta.An x-ray of the statue David.
Johnny Frostbite 7 years ago
I love the images, but I'm curious why there are so many full-body x-rays. I hope there were symptoms that warranted an x-ray and they weren't just stressing animals out for art's sake
Johnny Frostbite 7 years ago
I just investigated and it seems like x-ray requires less sedation than a full physical exam. makes sense.
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