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I've seen the actual fossil Tiktaalik, but it's nice to have a virtual version of my own to play with.

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@pzmyers I'll never understand why these scans aren't released with printable shape files, too. You can do some much in a classroom with a bunch of printable bio models.

@DrAndrewThaler Because 3-D printers aren't commonplace, yet? I don't have one myself, but have been eyeballing a few.

@pzmyers In the home, maybe, but I can't think of a single university I've been to in the last 5 years that doesn't have at least one somewhere. Decent ones are like $200 now.

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@DrAndrewThaler @pzmyers Yeah. I did a couple of 3D printed and laser cut giveaways when I was TAing intro bio. It's amazing how much more illustrative $0.10 of plastic can be verses a $10.00 packet of photocopies.