Name: Random Act of Anatomy - cranial kinesis in a pelican @witmerlab
Uploaded: 2020-05-10T01:29:31-0400
Duration: 8 min 17 s
Description: In this Random Act of Anatomy video, made while waiting for the freezer repair person at Ohio University during the Coronavirus quarantine, we examine the cranial kinesis apparatus of a brown pelican. This specimen (OUVC 11675) had originally been dissected by Hirochika Ueda from the University of Tokyo.

Random Act of Anatomy - Superb Owl Sunday @witmerlab

Uploaded February 2020 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

For many of us Super Bowl Sunday is Superb Owl Sunday—a day to celebrate and revel in the magnificence of owls! Here's a tour of a few of the owl specimens in WitmerLab's part of the Ohio University University Collection (OUVC). Note: all these specimens were natural casualties donated to us for research and education by various wildlife rehabilitation facilities.

Random Act of Anatomy - Superb Owl Sunday

Ostrich skull with brain endocast & air spaces - roll

Visible Interactive Iguana - labelled skull bones

Dissecting with Emily - Do pelicans have nostrils? - nasal salt glands

Two cormorants - spiceCT - OUµCT scan slices

Conjoined twin crocs two animals become one: Skull, volume rendering

Red-legged seriema prey-thrashing behavior

WitmerLab: alligator brain, nasal cavity, and other air spaces - Rolling Animation

Alligator embryo microCT scan - skin and skeleton

Dinosaur airheads - Euoplocephalus - skull with brain and crazy air way

Random Act of Anatomy - cranial kinesis in a pelican