Another difference is in the arrangement of the bones of the shell and the scutes overlaying them.

Osteoderms are also found in the skin of crocodiles, armadillos and some lizards.

The wrasses are a family, Labridae, of marine fish, many of which are brightly colored.

The Bone Wars also led to the discovery of the first complete skeletons, and the rise in popularity of dinosaurs with the public.

This also remains a significant element of the jaw in some primitive bony fish, such as sturgeons.

In some bony fishes, for example certain Protacanthopterygii and Gadidae, the mitochondrial control region evolves remarkably slowly.

They are used in taxidermy and by natural history museums to clean animal skeletons.

Banks still don t trust each other, since each wonders how many skeletons the other has in its closet.

The average size of a bonefish is from 3 to 5 pounds (1 2 kg) with the Florida record being 16 pounds 3 oz (7.34 kg).

These problems may directly affect the extra ocular muscles themselves, and may also result from conditions affecting the nerve or blood supply to these muscles or the bony orbital structures surrounding them.

Some evidence indicates that during armoured combat, the intention was to actually get around the armour rather than through it according to a study of skeletons found in Visby, Sweden, a majority of the skeletons showed wounds on less well protected legs.

But examination of skeletons found at archaeological sites suggests that as many as 15 of prehistoric humans met a violent death at the hands of another person. (For comparison, in the first half of the twentieth century, the two world wars caused a death rate in Europe of not much more than 3 .)