Cervical Vertebrae: Wildlife Forensics and Video Progress
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Hello all, and welcome to another week of interesting shenanigans. This week is more exciting than the last, as I was able to get out to the lab again finally, although I was not able to meet with the on site mentor; on the flipside I was able to take FOR 394 Wildlife forensics, with Dr. Harris, and it was really fun because he as doing a hands on lecture that day. There were several stations that all had 1 skull, 1 vertebrae, and 2 other mystery bones. Most of the stations had bone but 1-2 had sticks and other similar objects, I only know of 1 as I wasn’t able to finish all the stations. After the class I was able to go into his lab and take a few photos of bones, and he also showed me some equipment for ballistic testing, using these little PVC type balls filled with ballistic gel and covered in a skin-like substance. He said that he would be doing that in the fall, so if I am able I might see if I can participate in it.
To preface into this week, I am going to have that interview with the Gilbert PD, and I am also going to write a preliminary script for my final video, which will obviously go through a few iterations before the final draft. I also want to get out to ASU again but it is very annoying to drive out that far, especially through Phoenix, but it’s a small price to pay for knowledge. Below I will attach a few photos of the classroom I was in, and some bones.
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