As Thanksgiving Day is
fast approaching, I thought you would like to do some Thanksgiving Day science.
What do you think? Are you up for it? I bet you are………..so, here goes:
I
collect chicken and turkey wishbones.
Why? Well, because I can break them with
someone and we can both make a wish……..
But,
as exciting for me, I collect them because there’s a great deal of scientific
interest in chicken and turkey wishbones.
Did
you know that?
The V shaped bone that we call
the wishbone is named the FURCULA bone
by the scientists who dig for
dinosaur fossils. It turns out that bird-like dinosaurs (called theropods)
had the same shape bone, and is, thus, a major link to the modern bird!!
Can
you imagine that? Chickens and turkeys - and all birds, in fact - are
descendants of dinosaurs? Amazing, isn’t it?
After enjoying the traditional Thanksgiving Day roasted chicken, I remove and clean the wish bone and dip it in a small saucer of hydrogen peroxide. When it's bleached a shiny white, I take it out of the saucer, dry it and put it into a pocket museum!!
A chicken and a turkey wishbone |
My pocket museum tin lid |
Why don’t you do it? :)
OK, that’s it, your Thanksgiving Day science.......:)
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