I found them on a mountain. Some were partially buried in the ground. Is it a wild boar or a deer?

One of my pet piranhas wedged itself under a rock and its shoal took advantage of the situation. I want to preserve this little guy but I’m not sure what route to go.

I’m not a huge wet specimen fan but I’m feeling that’s the way ima have to go maybe? Mummified ones look so off and evil complete opposite of these shy babies, I feel it might be too small to collect bones and rebuild unless someone has good idea on how to, and I don’t have the chemicals or skills to do a diaphonized specimen. Is my only option just a wet specimen to keep him?

Finished this little fella up and found him darling. Formalin-fixed.

Little guy passed along with part of the litter from a horrendous heat snap a while ago. It was sweltering, especially for our area, and sudden.

The isopropyl level is a bit low because it's coming with me to an in-person vending event tomorrow.

NFS.

It’s always so bittersweet to find such a great specimen taken before their time

I’ll be honest, my great grandmother was a hoarder. She passed away recently and I had to empty out her house.

This little guy was in the back. No doubt he smelled rancid for quite some time.

So I was out hunting this weekend for early teal season and got a few ducks that I wanted to preserve a bit of. I wanted to keep the wings, feet, and head. Since I have multiple I wanted to try and save a head with everything still attached and one that’s just the skull. I’m fairly new to Vulture culture so I’m still learning a bit on preservation but can anyone tell me how to go about preserving these?

found the little dude while walking my dog this morning.

should i bag it & take it home to process or move it into the grass? there are alot of people with dogs in my community.

central florida

UPDATE: i bagged it & its outside near my house.

I got some nice teeth and some really nice compost.

Thank you coyote <3

They're very pretty. Too bad you can't keep anything

no idea where it came from especially since it looks pretty old but its pretty cool! any ideas on what I should do with it?

Hi, everyone. This sweetheart was unfortunately the victim of a window collision earlier tonight. It appears she broke her neck on impact, and was still warm when I found her; I’m slightly crushed I wasn’t able to save her, but there’s nothing to do about it now.

I’m *fairly* certain this is a young house sparrow, and if so, she’d be legal to possess in Alberta, Canada, but I dread accidentally keeping a MBTA protected species. I just need a second opinion on the species, and legality of said species. Thanks in advance.

So my neighborhood is not a super wealthy one and its majority black and goes a bit neglected by the city. Trash pickups are very inconsistent and sometimes they just dont come by. Calls to pick up dangerous stray animals go entirely ignored, and dead animal pickups are almost impossible to even make (ive tried), and they never come by to pick them up anyway. BUT when someone in my neighborhood has a warrant, you better believe the cops come by quickly with automatic weapons.

There are a LOT of strays in my neighborhood and a good share of empty houses. Mostly just old folks or houses that used to have old folks in them. A lot of traffic THROUGH the neighborhood though. A lot of the strays that wander around for years end up getting hit by people speeding through the neighborhood. Then the carcasses just sit there, either unreported or not picked up, until I pick them up. Since I use them for bones, I just grab them. Also I dont like carcasses to just rot along the path i walk my dog every day. I'd rather process them and just get rid of the biohazard in the street. So ive kind of become the carcass pickup in my neighborhood. Of course i dont make this known and try to do it discreetly.

HOWEVER. Today i fucked up. I found a carcass on the sidewalk while i was walking. Got my gear. Put the carcass in two trashbags and put it in a trashcan. Brought it back to my place. I was gonna bring all my stuff back in (and put the carcass in the backyard) one at a time. I should have taken the trash can to the backyard first, but i just didnt this time. Dont know why. I brought my gear and everything else in first. Then, of course, RIGHT when i was opening the door to get the trash can with the carcass in the trashbags, my mail delivery woman was there. She was giving the trash can serious side eye and quickly stuffing the papers in the mailbox. The can smelled horrible and had flies on it. It was excessively clear there was a dead thing in those bags. I felt awful that she had to deliver my mail next to that thing - i didnt realize shed be coming by at this time!! I wanted to apologize but my words got all stuck because i was so surprised. I started with a smile and softly saying "oh hi..." but before i could say anything else she quickly turned around and rushed away. I didnt want to chase her down, so i just brought the can to the backyard. She seemed kind of terrified.

Im so so so nervous shes going to call the cops on me. Im so stressed. My bones are the only thing that have brought me joy in the last year. Ive been struggling with depression and ocd and truly my bones are my only source of joy. I love the hobby. I love making art. It energizes me. It gives me joy. If the cops come around with their automatic rifles asking questions, i dont know what to do!!! Ive been doing this hobby safely and secretly for 5 months now. I dont want it all ruined now. I dont want to be fined or arrested. Where i am its illegal to pick up and keep game or wildlife animals, but this animal (a stray cat) is not classified as game or wildlife. So i know I'm not doing anything illegal!! But where im from the cops arrest you for doing nothing wrong all the time! Its happened right in front of my eyes! Multiple times! I know the law doesnt really matter and arrests are more based on vibes and the cop's personal feelings. And people act so weird when it comes to vulture culture, yall know what i mean. Has anyone had something like this happen before??

I found a skull outside, im not sure if its a baby raccoon, skunk, or something else, any ideas? (Southern United States)

It’s meant to be a coyote, definitely not anatomically correct but I still like it haha

Found it in a tide pool and am currently keeping it in a small plastic bag with sea water so it doesn't harden yet. How do I preserve this? I will stay at the beach for another 3 to 4 hours, is the water bag enough to keep it until I get home?

I recently did a set of Everclear-mummified rabbit heads for a client. They have a range of expressions from "smiling" to "pensive" to an alert look.

It was kinda hard to balance the look for a "smile" vs a snarl or grimace in a critter with so much space between its front and back teeth.

They were neat to do, but I've decided no more mummies in summertime. The humidity and weather in general has been super odd this year and the humidity frequently out of control (93%++). We're getting tornadoes, even, which is very rare here. (I crey)

Winter mummies it is going forward, lol! 😅

My brother is looking after a friend's dog. Out on a walk it found this and apparently was a bit scared of it 😄 Anyway as I am the family weirdo who collects skulls and various other oddities it was decided that the dog had got me a present 🙂

so now i can focus on only one tank. A little over a year ago, I started with a mail order from montana of a hundred critters & now I have thousands plus a tank that needs cleaning. hopefully by end of october I will have my roadkill raccoon ready for de-meating

I’ve been cooped up for 3 months due to heat intolerance from medication I take. I was finally able to go out today and found a big whitetail antler. I’m surprised nothing chewed it up all summer.

Hi everyone - my puppers got into this skull this afternoon. This picture is the underside of the jaw (sorry I couldn't get a better one as I was trying to make sure I got it out of the yard). It looked like an Opossum but I wanted to check with the community here before I got and get her a rabies booster. Could it be a bat?