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The animals were preserved rather than living, so the team could not observe their tiny brains in action.

Burial must have been extremely fast, judging from the lifelike poses in which the animals were preserved.

However, as the animals were preserved in ancient sand dune deposits, it is now thought that the animals were buried in sand, either from a collapsing dune or in a sandstorm.

The sampled animals were preserved in 70% ethanol and determined to the species level in the laboratory (for detailed methodology see Pajunen [15] and Pajunen & Pajunen [18], [21]).

For zooplankton sampling 10 L of water were filtered through a 45 µm net and the remaining animals were preserved in Lugols solution.

We found that afferent axons in the animals with normal vision showed a significant retraction in the inactivated cortex, as similarly observed in the muscimol-treated cortex, whereas the axons in the binocularly deprived animals were preserved.

These results should prompt a close examination of how endangered group or herd animals are preserved and managed, said Iain Couzin, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology.

Armed with our bottomless appetites, humans have converted every feature on this animal into a highly marketable delicacy: The pangolin's tongue is incorporated into special soups, its blood is drained for drinking, and some animals are preserved whole in alcohol, used to brew a kind of tonic wine.

But scientists have for years been chasing an even bigger mystery about the so-called Ediacara biota: How could these mostly soft-bodied animals be preserved in rock?

One-half of lung or brain harvested from infected animals was preserved for histopathological analyses, in Bouin's fixative (brain section) or buffered formalin (lungs).

At the time of sacrifice, lungs, kidneys, spleen, heart, and a small piece of liver from each animal were preserved for histological examination.