Occlupanidae
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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). The most thorough research into these organisms has been conducted by the Holotypic Occlupanid Research Group - http://www.horg.com/horg. 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: http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.02.2011.3869.abstract. 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 <i>Palpatophora utiliformis</i> - http://www.horg.com/horg/Palpatophora_utiliformis.htm. 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! ;-)
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