I wouldn't have guessed this as a date-night hotspot. But I wouldn't have guessed that there was such a wide array of animals represented in the 7,700-square-foot space.
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The great majority of the skeletons on display arrived as carcasses that were donated to Skulls Unlimited by zoos and nature preserves, Brisson says. At a facility in Oklahoma, they were stripped down to bones with the help of those flesh-eating beetles and a chemical treatment. Then articulators work to reassembled the skeleton, choosing a pose and the way to seal it all together. A rhino can have as many as 250 bones. (There are 1,
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But these were, at one point, living animals. Some imperfections help prove that point: There's a cancerous tumor on the Malaysian tapir,
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Most of the skeletons are behind glass, but some are out in the open air. That makes the attraction a little bit hands-on. If you can reach it,
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One tiny section, built into a wall, houses members of the soricomorpha order of mammals. One is so tiny small as a thumb and so detailed and delicate. It looked like an exotic piece of Russian sculpture.
After a while, I started relaxing and admiring the figures as artwork: The graceful angles of a flamingo, the arching dolphin,
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With this menagerie, you'd think Animals Unveiled had a full house, right? Well,
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We would love a key deer, Brisson says. We would love a Florida panther.
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Skeletons: Animals Unveiled
Where: 8441 International Drive, Orlando
When: 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily
Cost: $19,
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Phone: 407-203-6999
Online: skeletonmuseum.com
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