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    Who got to keep the hand?
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Oct 24, 2021
    • 1 min

    Who got to keep the hand?

    I won't even try to describe what events lead me to this little archive treasure. But it is one of those museum catalogue entries that...
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    Further adventures in the archives
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Aug 19, 2021
    • 4 min

    Further adventures in the archives

    It has been a crazy week of adventure, triggered by the deep dive into old museum inventories in the Cambridge University Library. Masked...
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    Tracing a thylacine stomach
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Jul 30, 2021
    • 11 min

    Tracing a thylacine stomach

    WHAT IS IT? Among a fairly random assemblage of dried bits and plaster casts of hearts, a crumpled brown leathery sack, stiff with age,...
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    One for sorrow, two for joy...
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Jun 12, 2021
    • 2 min

    One for sorrow, two for joy...

    DAMN YOU, FINNEMORE! That evil Genius, John Finnemore, has done it again. You may have thought that he was "quite funny" on Cabin...
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    Consenting Dissections
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Apr 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    Consenting Dissections

    It should not be assumed that, even in 1832, dissection was always an abuse. Wealthy, empowered members of society volunteered their bodies
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    Wombwell's travelling menagerie
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Feb 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    Wombwell's travelling menagerie

    Wombwell's travelling menagerie supplied unique animal specimens to various Zoology Museums including Cambridge, Norwich and Aberdeen
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    New Year, New Face
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Jan 15, 2021
    • 2 min

    New Year, New Face

    Happy new year! Happy new lockdown (I think we're on lockdown mark iii, but it is honestly getting hard to tell). What have you done so...
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    Put your name on everything
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Nov 24, 2020
    • 4 min

    Put your name on everything

    I wouldn't normally have any interest in a collection of tobacco and snuff tins going up for auction. One person's collection can be...
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    Beauty is skin deep
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Oct 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    Beauty is skin deep

    Just a quick blog post to share for Halloween. I've been learning how faces build on top of skulls, and as a quick exercise, tried it on...
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    Cataloging a hole, a cuckoo nest and a bunch of pebbles
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Oct 16, 2020
    • 5 min

    Cataloging a hole, a cuckoo nest and a bunch of pebbles

    Using photos of a collection, and a little negotiation with the photographer physically in the building, could remote volunteers usefully
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    Memento mori, Carpe Diem in the time of Covid
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Sep 21, 2020
    • 3 min

    Memento mori, Carpe Diem in the time of Covid

    Memento mori game. Any coin not found after 500 years is classed as lost - you lose points. There are other players, this is a competition
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    To the memory of Ben Huggins of the Lovely Matilda
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Jul 21, 2020
    • 5 min

    To the memory of Ben Huggins of the Lovely Matilda

    A tale of the memento mori coffins for the memory of Ben Huggins, and how often they seem to appear at auction!
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    Why do scorpions fluoresce under UV light?
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Jul 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Why do scorpions fluoresce under UV light?

    Having had a couple of Emperor Scorpions as pets (“Grabbit” & “Scarper”), I was familiar that they glow eerily under ultraviolet (UV) light
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    Bird Skeletons of the world
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Jun 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    Bird Skeletons of the world

    Skeletons. So often a labour of love. But two years of work at the University of Cambridge Zoology Museum is finally ready to share
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    What to do when you're housebound with a camera
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • May 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    What to do when you're housebound with a camera

    60 days of lockdown for most people in the UK. 69 days for me as a I started early. And just 6108 days into life with ME/cfs.
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    Are the cows okay?
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • May 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    Are the cows okay?

    Lockdown week Twelvty. Just as there start to be discussions about easing restrictions, as I need to shield I realise that that doesn't...
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    Lockdown week 3 no, sorry week 4 - 3D modelling
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 2 min

    Lockdown week 3 no, sorry week 4 - 3D modelling

    3D modelling. It's like all the frustration with photography, multiplied by 200! Shown by it taking over a week to fix the gremlins to...
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    Trying a new hobby
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Mar 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    Trying a new hobby

    Corona Virus Isolation Week 2 - or day 2 for some of you. You're probably wondering what to do with all your new free time, and planning...
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    Corona virus isolation week 1 - wildlife photography indoors
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Mar 19, 2020
    • 2 min

    Corona virus isolation week 1 - wildlife photography indoors

    Many of you may be experiencing social isolation and the kind of stir crazy boredom that comes from staying home without choice for more...
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    It's what's under the skin that counts
    Susan Elaine Jones
    • Feb 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    It's what's under the skin that counts

    I love it when a plan comes together. I've finally met all the right people and I'm making progress. I am working on 3D printing a skull...
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