Now that's a sporting body
This is not like any rugby tackle you have seen before - the 'players' skin has been removed and their skulls cut open so you can see their brains.It is one of 200 displays at Gunther von Hagens’ latest Body Worlds exhibition, where he display plastinated bodies which have been 'frozen' with plastic and stripped of their skin.
Body Worlds 4, which opens in Manchester will focus on a sports and features a badminton player, a jumper doing the splits and ‘Wave Roller’ – a male plastinate rolling inside a metal wheel.
Other displays - all in Gunther von Hagens’ unique style - include a
relay runner, a guitar player, a gorilla, and the famous ‘Poker Playing
Trio’ featured in the 2006 James Bond film Casino Royale.Dr. Gunther von Hagens said: "Manchester is a forward thinking city and has a long history of supporting scientific and technical achievement.
"Many scientific and technical marvels, such as the world's first stored-programme computer, began right here, so I thought BODY WORLDS would resonate in the city."
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