We went to see the BodyWorlds exhibit this Saturday. I will have to say that I was a little squeamish about the thought in the beginning. But Bruce asked for tickets to see the exhibit for a Christmas present. I wasn't sure that I could handle looking at all these exhibits of people that had been preseved in plastic in a process called plastination. I had heard that many of the displays in the exhibit had all the skin removed and their internal organs, etc. were exposed.
Well after going and spending an hour and a half looking at the exhibits I can now say that I think that everyone should see this exhibit. If it comes anywhere close to you, you should make it a point to see it. It wasn't nearly as gross as I expected and it was SOOOOO fascinating. You just can't imagine how cool it is until you see it. There were whole bodies that had been preseved and the skin peeled back to expose the muscles. Then other exhibits that featured the bones, some that featured the nervous system and others that featured the blood vessels.
As we were going through the exhibit all I could say to Bruce was, "This is bizarre!" And it was! But so cool nonetheless. I've never seen anything like it. It was like all those anatomical drawings and pictures that you have to study in biology class but these are in 3-D. I just wish that it didn't cost anything to see the exhibit because I think it is something that everyone should see.
There was even one display in the exhibit that featured an entire horse. A full grown horse preseved and some of his internal organs exposed. On top of the horse was a rider. Yes, the rider was preserved and parts of his organs were exposed. The rider was posed on top of the horse with his arms outstreached and his palms facing up. In each hand, he had a brain. One brain was the rider's brain and the other brain was the horse's brain. The description sounds completely horrible but in reality it was just like a trainwreck for me -- I COULD NOT TAKE MY EYES OFF IT!!
Just go see it -- you can thank me for the recommendation later.
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