Zoology museum's weird collection

A bisected chimpanzee head is preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England. The museum, which started as a teaching collection in 1828, is the only one of its kind in London. Containing 67,000 specimens, the collection displayed to the public is only about 5% of all the specimens the museum holds.

The skeleton of a Loris is shown on a tree branch at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Orangutan, chimpanzee, aye-aye and gibbons skeletons are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A collection of moles is preserved in a jar at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Specimens are kept in the spirit store at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

An Asian elephant skull (R) and a rhino skull are displayed together at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Specimens are kept in the spirit store at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A young preserved aardvark is displayed under the skeleton of an adult at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Tree Shrews are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A tiger skeleton is displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

The vertebrae of a Beak-Nosed whale are kept in bubble-wrap in the dry store at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

The bones of a Dodo bird are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Various collections of assorted snakes and sea mice are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

An employee sits at his desk near an Indian One-Horned Rhino at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A Tree Shrew is displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Animal brains are preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Elephant skulls on show at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Chimpanzee (L) and a gibbon skeletons are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A collection of moles is preserved in a jar at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A primate skeleton is kept in a drawer with other specimens at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A bisected chimpanzee head is preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Earthworms are preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

An elephant skull (L) and a tiger skeleton sit side by side at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Jars of assorted snakes are displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Employee Emma-Louise Nicholls checks the display cabinets at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A young preserved aardvark is displayed under the skeleton of an adult at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

Rhino skulls are displayed together at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A tray of preserved butterflies is displayed at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.

A bisected chimpanzee head is preserved at The Grant Museum of Zoology on Sept. 4, 2012, in London, England.