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A bisected chimpanzee head is preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England. The museum, which started as a teaching collection in 1828, is the only one of its kind in London. Containing 67,000 specimens, the collection displayed to the public is only about 5% of all the specimens the museum holds.
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The skeleton of a Loris is shown on a tree branch at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Orangutan, chimpanzee, aye-aye and gibbons skeletons are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A collection of moles is preserved in a jar at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Specimens are kept in the spirit store at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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An Asian elephant skull (R) and a rhino skull are displayed together at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Specimens are kept in the spirit store at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A young preserved aardvark is displayed under the skeleton of an adult at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Tree Shrews are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A tiger skeleton is displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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The vertebrae of a Beak-Nosed whale are kept in bubble-wrap in the dry store at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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The bones of a Dodo bird are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Various collections of assorted snakes and sea mice are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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An employee sits at his desk near an Indian One-Horned Rhino at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A Tree Shrew is displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Animal brains are preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Elephant skulls on show at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Chimpanzee (L) and a gibbon skeletons are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A collection of moles is preserved in a jar at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A primate skeleton is kept in a drawer with other specimens at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A bisected chimpanzee head is preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Earthworms are preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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An elephant skull (L) and a tiger skeleton sit side by side at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Jars of assorted snakes are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Employee Emma-Louise Nicholls checks the display cabinets at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Employee Emma-Louise Nicholls checks the display cabinets at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A young preserved aardvark is displayed under the skeleton of an adult at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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Rhino skulls are displayed together at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A tray of preserved butterflies is displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.
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A bisected chimpanzee head is preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.