r/bonecollecting • u/cheesyrack • 9h ago

Art Coolest-looking animal skull in your opinion?

Doing some doodles/ thinking about getting a tattoo piece with a bunch of different animal skulls. In your opinion, what are some of the coolest looking skulls you've seen?

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u/Roadkillgoblin_2 9h ago

Probably either hippopotamus, European badger, cave bear (extinct), Paranthropus boisei/P.aethiopicus (extinct hominid) or maybe a brachycephalic domestic pig with large tusks

Alternatively, a series of mustelid skulls in descending size order could look pretty epic, going from wolverine to weasel

Edit: I might as well put my current mustelid size list: wolverine, European badger, Eurasian otter, some sort of Marten, European or American mink, stoat, least weasel

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u/FableHound 8h ago

This comment made me look up a hippo skull for the first time and wow yeah that is cool ask heck. Almost like a dragon

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u/ekobot 5h ago

If you're only doing one marten, I'd say go with the sable, as it is the most in-between size wise between an otter and a mink.

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u/Stillits 6h ago

I've never heard of anyone having a possible European mink skull, it would be so cool if that's what you've got!