Body Worlds

Last night I was able to experience something I'll probably never see again in my lifetime. I went with my parents, Brad and Jenna to see an exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre called Body Worlds. This was an amazing experience. The exhibit features over 200 real human specimens including entire bodies, individual organs and body slices. It was so cool to see and understand our own anatomy and health and gain a new appreciation and respect for what it means to be human. Our bodies are so amazing!! At first I was a little unsure about how it would be to see real human specimans, but it was so amazing. The creator of this exhibit does an incredible job at creatively and tastefully presenting the bodies so you can see and learn about different muscles, bones, and nerves. One body was a man that had 6 toes one each foot and 6 fingers on one hand!! Some of the cadavers had eyes in them which was little weird to look at. Oh, and another interesting display was a cross section of a 120 lb body next to a 300 lb body of a man who died of heart failure due to obesity. What an eye opening thing to actually see how excessive fat just squishes internal organs and puts such a strain on the body.
I realize this experience may not be for everyone, but if anyone gets a chance to see this exhibit, I highly recommend it. The exhibit is over in Toronto, but it travels around the world, so look for it. I think it's even returning to Toronto in the fall.
I was going to post another cool picture of the 'muscle man' display, but I thought it might be a little gross for some people. You'll have to check it out online if you want to see it.