necropsy = b l o o d

corndog-bread:

prettydeadstuff:

It was the new vet’s (and the vet student’s) first ever seal necropsy today. I helped out and answered questions about what was normal etc for seals as I have experience of several myself now! We had a proper explore of all her insides. I wish I could have taken more photos but I had gloves on.

Also, omg, necropsies are messy!

WARNING: this link contains blood and other nasty things! It is posted for educational purposes only. They are photos of a post mortem of a juvenile seal, that died due to infection in various parts of her body. Only click if you are okay with blood, organs, skinning, basically all the messy stuff.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0By22RGqzyqUzV24zRC04cXIwSFk

In the photo where someone is showing off some white tissue, what is that?

Some foamy fluid in her lungs, its normal to have a little bit of froth but she had quite a lot, and it likely contributed to her death. She had a very nasty cough!