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Animal Preservation

Here’s a post to preserving animals in as many forms as I can shove in here/am aware about. Please feel free to reblog and add more links!

Taxidermy

Mountable vs Non-mountable Pelts (visual guide)

Mountable Pelt (visual)

How to Reshape a Face on a Pelt

Making a Soft Mount Coyote

Mounting a Persian Leopard (gore tw)

Salt and Alum Tanning Rabbit Hides

Finger Fleshing Rabbit Hides

Tru Bond Tanning

Egg Tanning

Fleshing a Coyote (video)

Taxidermy Quality Pelt

Collecting

Bone Collecting for Beginners

Bone Collecting in Scotland

Roadkill Collector’s Arsenal

Using Hydrogen Peroxide to Whiten Bones

Whitening Tutorial

Why to not Boil or Bleach Bones

Degreasing Tutorial

Processing and Cleaning Bones

Feather Identification

Decomposing in Pots

Choosing the Right Method for Cleaning

Cleaning With Maceration

An American Vultures Guide to (legally!) Working Around the MBTA

Studying Owl Pellets

How to Clean Feathers

How to Blow Out Eggs

Preservation

Forum Thread on Rat Preservation

Preserving Animals

Alcohol Preservation

Preserve Moss

Preserve Bird Nests

Dry Flowers

Salt/Borax Drying

Preserve a Wasp Nest

Insects

Relaxing Jar Tutorial

Basic Insect Pinning Tutorial

Insect Relaxing

Insect Pinning

Carving

Bone Carving Tools

Working With Horn

Legal Issues

United States Animal Parts Laws

Legal Birds to Collect From (US)

Migratory Birds Protected by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act

Wild Bird Laws (Scotland)

Birds Protected in Canada

Schedules (UK)

US Cat & Dog Fur

International Shipping

Taxidermy Regulations

Misc

Vulture Culture shirt by NaturePunk

Book Suggestions

Vultures Around the World

Fur Sewing

Another Masterpost by Pastoriagym

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Fox skull.

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I collect animal skulls occasionally (most I’ve found, some I’ve bought) and I bought this gator skull yesterday and I didn’t realize how big it was until I hung it up and saw it next to the other skulls! I found all of the arrowheads and spear points in the shadow box as well.

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My dash is lacking in vulture culture stuff, so reblog this if you’re a VC blog and I’ll check it out? :0

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When Scientists Get Accidentally Artsy

A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History lies right at the intersection of art and science, showcasing the inherent beauty of skeletons — that is, fish skeletons.

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When the world is most quiet…:)

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Three preserved thylacine skins belonging to the Museum of Zoology at Cambridge. [x]

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Ask me about Vulture Culture!

1 - When did you start collecting?

2 - How much has your collection grown since you started?

3 - What’s your favorite thing to collect?

4 - What do you have the most of? (Species, or skulls/bones/pelts/taxidermy)

5 - Where do you like going to buy or find deads?

6 - Do you have a favorite piece?

7 - Share a photo of something from your collection and tell us the story behind it.

8 - What has been your best find? (In a store, online, roadkill, or woods?)

9 - Do you process your own animals? If yes, what is your favorite part? What’s your least favorite part?

10 - What was your first ever specimen?

11 - Do you have any Vulture Culture related regrets?

12 - Has being involved in Vulture Culture made a positive impact on your life in some way?

13 - If you could have any animal part in your collection what would you want the most?

14 - What is your favorite Vulture Culture experience so far?

15 - Share a story about a Vulture mishap or adventure.

16 - Is there anything you wish you’d known when you first got interested in Vulture Culture?

17 - Do friends or family tell you about roadkill they saw?

18 - Do you name your skulls, bones, pelts, etc?

19 - Do you make Vulture Culture related crafts?

20 - Have you ever thought that you were going to be sick while cleaning something?

21 - What’s the biggest mistake you made while cleaning something?

22 - Do you talk to your family and friends about bones? What do they think about it?

23 - Can you share a Vulture Culture tip?

24 - What’s one of your strangest finds?

25 - What do you hope to do in the future of your Vulture Culture adventure?

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Sunbathing thylacines. Source/date unknown.

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Red fox, Coyote and Greyhound.

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my dashboards a little dead so…..,,, rb/like this if you post abt any the following and i’ll prolly follow you: - vulture culture - flight rising - overwatch - dragon age - aesthetics - if ur blog has a lot of art i will Definitely follow u - rammstein. blease

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And the final results of my first maceration project. Needless to say, I was extremely surprised and pleased (and I only lost one tooth in the process)! It’s a nutria for my personal collection c:  

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When someone asks why you’re picking up roadkill:

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concerned bystander: “shouldnt you be wearing gloves?”

me (up to elbows in dead): “shouldnt you mind your own business?”

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Out on errands on Wednesday morning, I stopped by a charity shop to kill some time and found up this little glass display cabinet. It’s tiny and adorable, and I’m chuffed I picked it up for a mighty £1.49

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Architecture of Paris’ Natural History Museum