Dan Baldassarre: Is this photo of Richard Owen and a moa skeleton the most unintentionally terrifying image in the history of science? Ol buddy looks like he's about to cast a fucking spell and turn us all into flightless birds.

Is this photo of Richard Owen and a moa skeleton the most unintentionally terrifying image in the history of science? Ol buddy looks like he's about to cast a fucking spell and turn us all into flightless birds.

I am unclear if we are to be transformed into birds, skeletonized, or be menaced by an undead army of skeleton birds.

I’m trying to figure what he’s holding. Doubtless a component of said spell. Terrific photo and also extremely disturbing!

He once turned me into a newt. I got better.

...at least he succeeded in turning gideon mantell into a flightless bird.

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