• BetaBlake@lemmy.world
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    19 days ago

    That first x-ray picture always cracks me up because it’s obviously fake… That’s not how bones work

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      19 days ago

      Actually, it is how bones work for many species. When you are born, the ends of your bones are not yet “ossified” and are mostly made of cartilage. So they will not show up on x-ray.

      Picture obviously can still be fake, but that actually is mostly how bones work for fetuses or infants of many species.