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vulture culture stuff #1 - dog skull

I'm new here and don't know what I want to post about yet, so might as well start with one of my hobbies. I like collecting animal bones and other dead stuff.
Here's the thing that started my (still pretty small) collection, a dog skull I found 2 years ago:

skull-now

(The fang is missing because I used it to make a necklace charm)
This dog was already a clean skeleton when I found it in a forest nearby, so I didn't have to do much when it comes to cleaning. Just scrubbed all the dirt off it and let it soak in some water with dish soap for a few days just in case it still needed some degreasing. I didn't even have to whiten it, the sun had already done the job for me. 

Here's how I found it: skull It was in a pretty rough condition. It had a colony of ants living inside, which was pretty cool.
I found half of the mandible, a lot of vertebrae, some broken ribs and leg bones scattered all around the area.

Here are the ribs and vertebrae I took: ribs-n-spine The ribs were buried by leaves and dirt and were almost completely black, even after I scrubbed them with soap. But after leaving them in hydrogen peroxide for over a week, I managed to make them almost white (the photo's are edited and don't show the actual color)

I also took some of the leg bones, but these aren't on display. I just keep them in a box:
bones

 

Well, that's it for this one. I'll probably make another entries showing the other dog skull I have (that one is in a much better condition and isn't missing any parts) and maybe some of the other stuff I have in my collection too. Thanks for reading!


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