DAY FIFTEEN: 10-2-08

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As usual, they're graphic. Viewer discretion. Blah, blah, blah. OK? Now, on to the pix...

Our pig is rapidly becoming very two-dimensional.	Whole pig 1 Courtesy Roger Barrett
	Whole pig 2 Courtesy Roger Barrett
	Whole pig 3 Courtesy Roger Barrett
You can see many of the bones of the pig's skull.	Face Courtesy Roger Barrett
Things are really drying out, and it's much easier to make out the major bones of the pig's skeleton.	Pig's middle Courtesy Roger Barrett
Zooming in	A little closer view of the pig's middle... Courtesy Roger Barrett
And zooming just a little bit closer...	"Arm" bones: A pig walks up on its toes. (Hooves are the equivalent of fingernails, if that helps you imagine.) So what you're seeing here in the bottom center of the photo are the two bones equivalent to the small bones of your lower arm--the radius and ulna. They've fallen away from the bone sticking straight out of the center of the photo, which is the equivalent of your upper arm bone--the humerus. The shoulder girdle, clavicle, scapula, etc., are all still covered up by that flap of dried-out skin. Courtesy Roger Barrett
The maggots are still moving small pieces of bone around.	Maggots as movers Courtesy Roger Barrett
And they're still piling up in the corners of the cage, but there are many fewer of them than before. (On the other hand, Rebecca's sticky traps are FULL of maggots, so they're still migrating out of the cage.)	Escape attempt: Roger displays a surprising amount of empathy for the maggots. It's charming, really. Courtesy Roger Barrett