Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

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She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
Have you ever seen so many bones in your life?

We ended our visit to the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris with one of the most creepy and yet, surprisingly Instagramable locations imaginable: The Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy Gallery.

Now, I’m not someone who shies away from bones. For one, my Mother was a biology teacher, and two, after seeing Jurassic Park I desperately wanted to be a paleontologist and unearth dinosaur bones in the Montana desert. But, I’ll be honest, this was a lot of bones, even for me!

Whoever designed this gallery was a genius of order and thoroughness. I’ve never seen such a comprehensive collection of animal bones anywhere, and they’re all perfectly complete skeletons, aligned, cataloged, and displayed in such a beautiful and impressive manner.

Visitors were sketching monkey skeletons, while I searched for the domestic cats to gauge how small Ernie really is – all the while enjoying the beauty of the stunning space.

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
At the starting line

With all the skeletons, it was a very difficult place to photograph. But we did out best!

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
Hello!
She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
The spine of a horse
She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
The preserved brain of a bear (I think!)

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
I don’t need to point out what these are…do I?
She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
Hello, hyena!
She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
Skulls of different dog breeds

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

Then we waltzed upstairs to visit a few dinosaurs.

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
Bone pattern on a dinosaur fossil
She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones
And the one and only, Velociraptor

Of course, Jon took the ultimate creepy photo below, just to give you nightmares.

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

And there you have it! More bones and skeletons than you ever wanted to see in your life, but hopefully, you still found it interesting. Until next time!

If you missed my other posts from the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, check out this one of the La Grande Galerie de l’Évolution, and this one from the Jardin des Plantes. And to find out more about the museum, click here. What do you think of all dem bones?

She's So Bright - Dem Bones, Dem Bones, Dem Dry Bones

Eva Grall

Eva Grall

Eva is an avid romance novel reader, despite being told many times that it's not real literature.

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