And for the grand finale of gifts from Chrismas comes from Al's partner, absolutely wicked specimens and something I don't often get to talk about.
Diaphonized specimens! These in particular are African Dwarf Frog and Angelfish. Both of which apparently died whilst being transported to different aquariums in the US.
For those that don't know what diaphonized specimens are, its a process of bone staining in which the skin is made transparent. Its a long chemical process but the results are stunning. A digestive enzyme called Trypsin is used to make the skin go clear, in this instance Alizarin was used to stain the bones red. From what I understand this comes from a plant called rose madder and the dye from this bonds permanently to calcium
[ID: Two horizontal flags made up of five equally-sized stripes. The first flag, from top to bottom, consists of the colors dark blue, bright aqua, cream, bright pink, and royal purple. The second flag is the same as the first flag, but with more de-saturated colors. /end ID]
Diaphonizic: A gender/identity related to diaphonization/diaphonized specimens! This flag can be used by anybody without credit!!
This identity has no set pronouns, but some pronouns that could be associated with it would be:
stain/stains
dye/dyes
clear/clears
Term coined by me, but @timetokrill gave me the idea!!!