I took a quick walk through "Body Worlds 3," the new exhibit opening today at The Leonardo (209 E. 500 South, in the old Salt Lake City Library building), last night. It's a fascinating and educational exploration of the human body - and a must for anyone who needs to be scared into losing weight, quitting cigarettes or ending any unhealthy behavior.

The exhibit takes cadavers - real human bodies, donated by their previous occupants - and poses them into sculpture by replacing the blood and fat with resin through a process called "plastination." The human sculptures show such things as musculature, skeletons, organs, blood vessels and how they interact with each other. (The Tribune's Brian Maffly dissects the exhibit, so to speak, in this article from today's The Mix section.)

It's definitely worth a look, though small children might get freaked out by it. You might get freaked out by the ticket price, $22 for adults and $16 for children 3 and up.

The Leonardo is banking on those tickets, though. The fledgling science and art center expects 2,000 visitors a day for the exhibit (which runs through Jan. 11), and raise interest and possibly public support.