Flesh Eaters

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This MattChat post is about flesh eaters.

No, not zombies.

These:


Now doesn't that just look like a party!


Caught this in the news:

Once a week, Adam Ferguson strolls the marble-clad hallways of The Field Museum, passing no co-workers or visitors, as he makes his way to a room on the third floor that smells like, well, death.

It’s one of the few signs of life inside a museum that’s been shuttered since mid-March, and Ferguson is there to check on the thousands of tiny black beetles crawling over animal bones big and small in search of scraps of rotting flesh.


Why are these "dermestid beetles" so important to have around?

The museum may be closed due to the coronavirus, but the “mission critical” work continues, Ferguson said. The walk-in freezer in the subbasement is packed with animal specimens, many of which have been dissected but still must be stripped of their flesh so researchers can study the bones. The beetles pick the bones clean without damaging them. And when there’s no more meat, more must be retrieved from the freezer.


Oh wow.  Anyone ready for lunch?   :)    :)


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