Oregon Zoo shares animal X-rays

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chameleon x-rayImage source, Oregon Zoo
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Chameleon

A zoo in the US state of Oregon has posted images of X-rays of its animals taken during routine health checks.

Oregon Zoo said X-rays were sometimes taken during health assessments and had proved to be a useful diagnostic tool that also helped minimise time under anaesthesia.

X-ray of Rodrigues flying foxImage source, Oregon Zoo
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Rodrigues flying fox

X-ray of ball pythonImage source, Oregon Zoo
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Ball python

X-ray of beaver's tailImage source, Oregon Zoo
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Tail of a beaver

X-ray of Toco ToucanImage source, Oregon Zoo
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Toco toucan

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