May 27, 2005

super gross

looks like the knock-off of the bodyworlds exhibit is having some problems. namely, melting plastinated bodies:

Apparently though, the people who plastinated these bodies didn’t have von Hagens’s chops. The bodies are leaking. City officials are investigating and may shut down the exhibit.

The I-Team spotted moisture beading up across faces, dripping inside chest cavities, and pooling beneath feet. Plastination experts tell us, it’s evidence of a rush job.

Bob Henry, Int’l Society for Plastination: “It appears to be a classic example of someone not understanding the process and not realizing that it literally takes months to prepare a nice specimen.”

The I-Team took samples from the bodies and sent them to a lab. It’s silicone from the plastination process and liquefied human fat. The bodies were not degreased properly before they were filled with plastic.

moral of the story: if you’re going to display dead bodies, don’t use a cut rate plastinator.

Posted at May 27, 2005 11:10 AM
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damn, i walked by that exhibit last night and considered going in as well. now i’m not sure how i would feel about it. yuck…

Posted by: davee at May 27, 2005 11:46 AM

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