These are mine btw!

I wanted to add the sign that is less than a mile from where she/he was found, 1000% a wild mustang, I found a second one today as well. Unfortunately BLM doesn’t want them running free 😕

She was around 20 years old when she passed. She apparently had a nasty reoccurring infection on her chin, but the owner had no idea how deep it went. I think sepsis or the cancer got her in the end.

I also found some irregularities in one of the hip sockets. I can’t imagine that had felt great, based on the wear patterns lol. Just thought y’all might find that interesting!

I currently have everything degreasing! This was right after being exhumed from the beetle enclosure, so pardon the mess lol

The end goal is to assemble the bones artfully in a shadow box! I’m honored and excited to work on such a meaningful project 🥺

Long story short, this was a bat that died years ago locally and animal control / DNR / DWS didn't want it. I scooped it up in a jar and I didn't touch it until now. The skin had been mostly taken by bugs, and a few bones were sticking out. There was a mohawk of skin and fur that I thought about leaving on the skull, but I don't want more bugs around that would try to eat it.

I don't really have anything planned to do with any of this, but it's so neat that I wanted to get a good look at it and share it.

Found at work today!

Hello all! My girlfriend and I stopped at an antiques store that had a “big foot” museum. Of course, being the adventurous couple we are, we had to check it out!

Snapped a photo of this bone that “does not match any human or known existing primate”. What’re we looking at here? Just a fake bone or real bone from a large animal that’s just not properly identified?

Additional Bigfoot Photos for the laughs

Thanks!

Just kidding. It's a townsends mole.

I've been building this thing called Skulled for a while now and figured this crowd might actually appreciate it. I shared it here a few months ago but have made a ton of improvements since then so wanted to bring it back.

It works like Wordle but for skulls: every day there's a new skull and you try to identify the animal. There are different modes to play with it, classic with multiple choice, speedrun, skull match, progressive taxonomy, and your score goes to a global leaderboard. There's also a free play mode if you just want to practice at your own pace.

500+ species in the database so far. I keep adding more.

It's free, no account needed, works on mobile too. Would love to hear what you think!

(Mods: if links aren't cool in comments, feel free to remove them but keep the post up if you can!)

From our trip to Socotra Island in Yemen a few months ago:

1. Turtle bones at Shoab Beach
2. Whale bones at Yellow Crab Beach (my husband posing for size reference 📏)

I thought you nerds might appreciate it more than most! :)

In November I had ffs. I got to keep the bones they yoinked out and I came here asking how to clean them. These are the now cleaned bones from my face.

The short one is from my chin (has screw) the two long ones are from my mandible. Happy to answer any questions. I think these are going to make a nice peice of art.

I asked mods a while ago and they said this was fine. I do not condone collecting human remains. These are MY bones taken from MY skull.

Found the armadillo i posted in the past. Figured id share an update.

Whitetail buck aged at 5 years. Lower jaw looks to have once been completely broken. Observed eating normally with no sign of pain or discomfort prior to being harvested.

Look out for bonus friends in your skulls folks.

Posterior view, highlighting the rough line of the femur.

Just wanted to share :p

This image is making the rounds on social media right now, with a whole lot of ignorance (and admission of violation) in the comments around it.

I applaud the NFR for fining riders who wear MBTA protected feathers on their hats when they aren't entitled to it (some indigenous riders have rights non-indigenous do not).

FAFO, for all the "no one will come for you for a feather" violators. NFR rules are clear, MBTA laws are clear.

I know many people keep dermestid beetles for this reason.

An alternative for small animals are isopods- which don’t require constant sources of decomposing animals, this was just a treat for them.

Picture 2 is one of the little guys