Creepy X-rays of creatures ranging from flying foxes to pythons

The results of a routine check-up at Oregon Zoo in the US has caused a stir online when X-ray images of some of its animals were shared to Twitter. As part of the procedure the animals are photographed and scanned to ensure they are in good health. The eerie images reveal that the tail of a beaver has a bone reaching all the way to the tip and an X-ray of a snake reveals the mesmerising vertebrae that curve and stretch throughout the deadly ball python. Other images show the difference between birds (a screech owl) and flying mammals (a flying fox) and a hedgehog with trapped gas in its stomach. The Rodrigues flying fox (pictured) is actually a species of bat called Pteropus rodricensis and is only found in the wild on Rodrigues, an island in the Indian Ocean belonging to Mauritius.