#BoneCollector

[getmotherd]

Alces alces | Moose

[chaosobsidienne]

Skull of a young wild boar

[girlbonez]

my tiny collection 🦷 (i have a few more stuff such as a buffalo mandible & bat skull in boxes)

also can some1 help me identify what the tiny antlers/horns are from? i found it while antique shopping & it wasn’t labeled.

[skeletalraccoon]

figured i would go ahead and share my current (yet small) collection!

the deer skull mount and laser engraved raccoon skull both came from the oddities and curiosities expo, and the skull cap mount with fur came from an antique shop.

i also have two pieces of bone jewelry (a heart shaped deer vertebrae disc and a bracelet of deer bones) but i didn’t feel those were relevant enough to take pictures of

EDIT: turns out my raccoon skull was falsely labeled when i purchased it, and its actually a tanuki skull! big thanks to @earthenremains for letting me know.

[littlest-photography]

Took this guy to get some bones a few days ago (ethically source and properly cleaned, I promise)

[goblinzazzy]

Be a bone collector.

[wolfteacreations]

Morning views and coffee

[diy-punx]

Also been working on some pretty cool stuff 🦷

Available for purchase Aug 4th!

[mothholes]

[simon-the-stuffa]

Two headed Calf For Sale. #taxidermycollector #skullart #deformed #freak #forsale #twoheadedcalf #skullcollector #bonecollector #skullart (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CqL95dpqu9P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mnemosynescradle]

found today: a specimen of two fused vertibrae, formerly belonging to an adult deer. specimen like this are rare, and this is my second example of an improperly healed break on an adult deer.

[getmotherd]

eurasian badger! meles meles

roadkill

[chaosobsidienne]

Pelvic bone and turtle shell

Probably eaten by a bird of prey. The only bone left inside the shell was its pelvis, too big to fit through the holes, I had to force it a little to get it out.

[halo-serotonin]

Today I saved a turtle and collected the bones of a rabbit

[skeletalraccoon]

can anyone help me ID this jawbone?

so my mom and stepdad found this jawbone in the woods of their property, they’re planning on giving it to me. i’m still new to all of this so i’m not great at ID’ing bones, so i figured i would ask here for some help. i’m thinking it’s a raccoon?

[queerineverysense]

💀 New Life After Death 👻

🏛️ I’ve loved the natural world for as long as I can remember. And while it is sad to work with dead animals, each specimen gets to live on, becoming immortal through the museum. 

🦉 The goal of preservation is to make something that can withstand the test of time. When we open the drawers full of birds, there are specimens from the 1920s that are the prettiest bird in the bunch. So these hundred-year-old specimens live on to show us a snapshot of their world. It’s a little like time traveling. From the data associated with it, we can know where an animal was living, what it was eating, how old it was, how it died and often much more. These creatures, once thought to be gone forever, are reborn in our understanding, offering glimpses into the past that inform our present.

🧬 These specimens get to live on and answer questions we humans don’t even know to ask yet. Natural history museums have been collecting objects and specimens since the 17th century. In the 1950’s, the people collecting small mammals in the Philippines had no idea that in 50 years their specimens could be used in DNA studies. This is a testament to the afterlife of these animals in the world of science. They continue to play a role, even in a new era. As our understanding and technology evolves, these preserved beings will be resurrected once again, offering fresh insights and knowledge to future generations.

👩‍🔬 Collection workers like me are stewards of these specimens, making sure they can tell their stories for as long as possible. In a way, we are the guardians of this cycle of life, death, and rebirth in the realm of natural history. These creatures find a form of immortality, transcending death by becoming timeless messengers of the natural world. Their stories continue to unfold, and their contributions to our understanding of life on Earth are bound to endure, even as we peer into the mysteries of existence, both in this world and, perhaps, the next.

-Abbey 🦕🐝🍄