Much prettier now!
With the help of Heinrich Mallison of dinosaurpalaeo and his student Sebastian Marpmann (now having finished the Great Giraffe Deconstruction), I did a quick cleanup and reorganization of the big walk-in freezer we’ve all come to know and love as Freezersaurus. This had to be done because some of the big stuff was becoming a terrible obstacle to cross in order to get anything from inside; cue health-and-safety paperwork nightmares. And yes, the ice penis is now gone. End of an era…
All photos henceforth by Doktor Mallison:
Emerging from Freezersaurus; most big stuff removed (note our giraffe's metacarpus trying to escape, on right side)
The big stuff. Emus, elephant feet, too much giraffe (metacarpus continuing to sidle away), and horse legs.
Carnage remaining inside; needed to be taken out gradually and reorganized, to make more space on floor for intermittent human presence (i.e. walking in).
Elephant feet, mystery giraffe pelvis, oh my!
For ME!?!? Aww shucks, you shouldn't have. Reorganizing the small stuff on shelves. PhD student Mike Pittman makes a guest appearance, delivering crocodile vertebrae.
Sebastian poses with giraffe buddy. We emphasize the Buddy System when dealing with Freezersaurus; she is a treacherous hostess. Note that Sebastian has also cunningly halted the abscondence of the giraffe metacarpus.
Die Giraffe. Sie ist und in den Stücken tot.
Job done! Farewell Freezersaurus! You look mahvelous! Wall of archosaurs on the left; wall of synapsids on the right, and sundry giant mammals in the middle.
And so we finished, and so you’ve now had a very intimate look at Freezersaurus too! Don’t you feel lucky? 🙂
This post was brought to you by the wildly popular Nü-Folk-Metal post-bluegrass band Mystery Giraffe Pelvis, and the letter K.
What's In John's Freezer? 
“Sie ist und in den Stücken tot.”
I’m now going to be using this in every client conference for the rest of the year!
Ich wolle, dass Sie zufrieden sind. 🙂
‘This post was brought to you by the wildly popular Nü-Folk-Metal post-bluegrass band Mystery Giraffe Pelvis, and the letter K.‘
You almost made me choke on my tea again!
It’s rather wonderful how nonchalantly that giraffe metacarpus is simply leaning there…
Grr, that pesky metacarpus… ooh it’s gonna get its just deserts someday!
I love how someone trying to read the cunningly inconspicuous “Mind your head” label as they enter das Gefrierfach for the first time might stub their toe instead.
Do all the parts of the same animal get put into the same colour bags for easier location later on?
Yes the mind your head sticker is amusing; there are greater threats in the bowels of Freezersaurus.
I wish I was so organized as to colour-code the bags but really they just tend to stay in whatever colour we got them in or have handy when needed; RVC bags are red or green.
The key ID technique we use is labels, which could be done better (nice clear plastic cards tied around top of bag work well when we remember/bother) but sometimes is just a permanent marker scrawl on the bag, or worse yet just my memory (but am getting better about not relying on that!).
I try to remember not to rely on memory so much, but I always forget to do that.
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