Homecoming exhibit: Conner Museum Has Teeth!

 


 

 
 
PULLMAN – Elephants, alligators, horses and cougars … check out our collection of cuspids, fangs and incisors in this special exhibit honoring internationally renowned orthodontist and our 2009 Regents Distinguished Alumnus, Dwight Damon.
 
2-5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 9,  and 10 a.m.-noon Saturday, Oct. 10, in the Conner Museum, located on the first floor of Abelson Hall.
 
Visitors will:
  • Huge elephant molars in comparison to specialized herbivore teeth, carnivore teeth — including coyotes and wolves — and reptiles.
  • Discover animals that have lost teeth over time and how they take their food.
  • See shrews and other creatures that load iron into their teeth, providing extra strength to enamels and producing orange “smiles.”
  • Teeth problems in nature and how they affect rodents and horses.
 
For more information click the following link to the Connor Museum website.
 
 

 

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