Occlupanidae

prusaprinters

<p>I started out simply wanting to print a giant bread tag for a friend. Little did I know that an entire taxonomy exists for the parasitoids known as Occlupanid (Occlu = to close, pan = bread).</p><p>The most thorough research into these organisms has been conducted by the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group - <a href="http://www.horg.com/horg">http://www.horg.com/horg</a>. Their work was even used in the report "Plastic bag clip discovered in partial colectomy accompanying proposal for phylogenic plastic bag clip classification" published in the BMJ Case Reports journal: <a href="http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.02.2011.3869.abstract">http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.02.2011.3869.abstract</a>.</p><p>While the SCAD file is parametric so far I have only designed (bred?) one example of the Toxodenta (curved teeth) order, based on an example I found in the wild which appears to conform to the classification of <a href="https://www.horg.com/horg/?page_id=756"><i>Palpatophora utiliformis</i></a>.</p><p>I intend to extend the SCAD file to include examples of species from each order. I also encourage people to create their own variations and mutations. Let's see if we can get these creatures to evolve into something new! ;-)</p><h3>Instructions</h3><ul><li>Print the small Toxodenta and use it in place of the real thing. Note that its oral hooks aren't as flexible when printed in PLA.</li><li>Print the medium Toxodenta (scale by 2) and use it to close large bags (e.g. cereal) or as a keyring decoration.</li><li>Print the large Toxodenta (scale by 3.5) and use it as a drink coaster or simply to impress your friends.</li><li>…</li><li>Profit!</li></ul>