L.A. is full of plastic people.

From a blog in Thursday's L.A. Times:

Oh, my aching hamstring...

5:10 PM, March 13, 2008

Here's "The Hurdler," part of an exhibit of actual human bodies preserved by a process called “Plastination,”  which involves infusing the body’s tissues with -- yes -- plastic.

Open to all tomorrow at the California Science Center in Los Angeles.

--Veronique de Turenne

Photo: Brian Vander Brug / Los Angeles Times