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Pardon the messy bed but I’m so excited!! This is my coyote rug from school, it finally arrived today and I couldn’t be happier. I was honestly unsure about the colors I chose for the felt but I think it turned out great! 😁 #vultureculture 
https://www.instagram.com/p/CT5QDdYJxa4/?utm_medium=tumblr

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I accidentally answered an ask from a terf, so this is a good time to remind you all that this is not a friendly space for radfems, terfs, gender criticals, or whatever you want to call yourselves

I do not want you here, I do not want to interact with you, and I do not want you enjoying my photos. Pangur and Grim love trans people, they do not love people fuelled by hatred and bigotry

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Thoughts on juniperfoxx on Instagram? They repeatedly say their foxes aren’t pets but the animals live in their house, sleep in the bed, and interact with their dogs so I’m leaning towards... it’s actually bad. But figured I’d get a second opinion.

I'm absolutely agreeing with you. the owner of these animals also owns dogs, an opossum, a sugar glider, and does wildlife rehab. at the very least I can somewhat say these animals are in good hands. they are in generally good health and such. however, foxes are NOT pets, they are wild animals. they are offered an outdoor pen, but are also allowed in the house. there are also several examples of the foxes squabbling amongst themselves as there are at least 4 (once 5?) in the same household. and she's guilty of anthropomorphising too, which is bad because of the insane following she has. please don't tell your followers your fox "smiled back" after getting kisses. they don't smile. they're foxes. even if it was a happy expression, the same expression is a sign of discomfort in dogs, and most people don't care to note the difference in species.

one of the most alarming thing I saw was her support for SaveAFox (check this post, it's BAD) and horrific choice of words towards furfarming. believe it or not, breeding animals domestically for their products is not a bad thing, and farm animals don't need "saving". you buying the broiler hen isn't going to make a difference and will prolong suffering to the animal, buying a reptile feeder mouse to treat as a pet isn't going to make a difference, it just makes the people feel good. I'm firmly of the opinion if we want to start doing anything about the climate crisis, we need to shift away from plastic faux fur which lasts a couple years to real fur which can last generations AND keep you warmer. there are welfare issues to be had in how furfarms operate, but this is true for other products like poultry, and does not mean we should abolish, it simply means it needs reform, but I digress.

I also noticed her sugar glider appeared to have been purchased from a neglectful keeper, supporting their business. as sad as it is, animals being mistreated by another owner should not be purchased to be "rescued", as this will support the owner to continue mistreating more animals, this is why you see people saying never to buy from Petco, even if you see lizards overcrowded or deathly thin. what comes off as a sweet sentiment is actually supporting this treatment of animals to continue.

one of the other things that really put me off was one of her foxes, Lore, was very unwell and unfortunately passed away following complications. I was more uncomfortable with the fact that she knew these two didn't get along, but let Juniper in anyway because she was "insisting". this interaction is cute, but what if it went wrong? comparably a nitpick, but it's not something I would risk with my cats let alone wild foxes. and, again, anthropomorphisation.

regardless, she could've done everything right, and it still wouldn't excuse the fact she runs a social media account on her animals. she touts it as "educational", but there's nothing to be learned from foxes in a household. no doubt none of the followers care to read the footnote on her posts disclaiming "foxes aren't good pets btw". it is irresponsible to use your platform to continually anthropomorphise wild animals being kept in arguably incorrect conditions when a follower base of 3 million people would absolutely not know better.

I'm not a master at fox body language, so I didn't go into detail with anything regarding behaviour or body language, but anybody who does know can shed some light on if they're comfortable/happy or not.

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Thylacine taxidermy and skeleton at the Harvard Museum of Natural History

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Beautiful!

A little preview of a brown hare shouldermount that I'll be finishing this month

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Hey!! I have a question about insect preservation, I’m hoping you can provide some insight! The other day I found this HUGE dead Hercules beetle, we figure the heat got to him, it was over 90 that day. so I put him in two sandwich bags, in case of mites or any other little guys who might have been eating him when I picked him up.

The problem is, even though he’s double bagged, the whole room smells like potatoes!! 😣 is there a way to keep the smell down..? I was thinking about putting him in resin, but I figure there’s a sanitation process before displaying them.

Cool find! But also, oh no! I have to say, I don’t think I’ve ever run into this problem before… the only thing I can think of is that maybe it’s still too wet? Like sometimes bugs I’m pinning will be a bit stanky after rehydrating them but that always fades. So, my advice would be to freeze it to kill anything that might still be on it and then let it dry in a safe, cool area, and then once the smell goes away, display it as you wish. Just plopping it in resin might also work but I don’t use resin so I’m really not certain on that. 🤷‍♀️

Hope this helps!

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Hello! I saw your post with the coyote head saying that you had more pictures if we wanted to see them. If you are comfortable sharing them I’d love to use them as art reference if that’s okay! If not that’s totally fine. :)

Of course!! I’ll put all the ones I can fit on this post. Sadly I can’t take anymore because they are now macerating but I hope these are good!

Also I’d love to see what you create, if you wanna share! 😁

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Dalton/oddarticulations blocked me for letting tumble know that he's raffling off a looted cranium. He's set to make fifteen thousand dollars off of selling looted archaeological material.

This is a big deal. The oddities community is made up of people who appreciate the aesthetics of remains, and many think there's nothing intrinsically wrong with possessing them. And that's a debate that will never be settled, and maybe it doesn't need to be. Maybe different codes of ethics can exist within the hobby! But there's absolutely no way to spin this as ethical. If you support OddArticulations, you support profiting off of looting. Period.

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Hey guys, I got home pretty late last night and I’ve been hanging out with my family all day because god I missed them. I’ll probably make a big post soon with the finalized mounts, my experience with the school and my plans for the upcoming future! But in the meantime, have a pic of what my room looks like right now:

Aaaand also the kitten that my family (and even some friends) somehow kept a secret from me for two whole weeks just to surprise me with him when I got back

His name is Bojack and I already love him to bits ❤️

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Hey y’all, it’s Nabs back with a shameless self promo!

I have several places where you can view my content in an easier to find/read format! As you all know, I’ve created a handful of guides, including the 8 part articulation guide and many breed profiles. I have those listed in a directory on my Links Page, but I also have them on other platforms that are a little easier to navigate than tumblr.

You can find a lot of my guide and research based content here-

Imgur (Breed profiles/pathology reports/some off hand guides)

I’ll be working on translating a lot more of my guides over to imgur as it’s an easier to use platform!

I also have a series of anatomical reference photos from animal processing available that I do not put on my platforms due to the graphic nature of the photos. Those are linked on my links page as well.

There have been quite a few asks you guys have sent me asking for help that others have also found helpful, so i think i’m going to compile those into an easy to access area as well! Likely through Imgur, or maybe here on tumblr as well.

As y’all are aware, I’m going through a rough time with medical emergencies, and I’ll be off work for the next couple of weeks. I won’t be paid during this time because I’m not eligible for FMLA under my companies policies, which is going to bite me in the ass a little bit.

I have a Ko-Fi page where you can give me a little support if you’d like! I’m so glad that the content i’ve been making makes you guys happy and helps you learn and move on with your own projects. I’ve had a lot of fun making them, and I’ve gotten some more inspiration to work on new guides and educational reports.

Here’s the Ko-Fi link if anyone is interested!

The ‘Coffee’ is set at $1! (It used to be $3, I had no clue that you could change it until today!)

Thank you guys for all the love and support you’ve given on my projects and guides, it means a lot to know that it’s reaching so many people. I never thought that some of these would blow up as much as they have!

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I’M DONE and also my teacher gave me this freeze dried r.at s.nake he had lying around

Isn’t he charming

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pride flag cryptids but theyre my underrated favs

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Just a little throwback to my old museum!

My new, expanded, Prehistoria Museum's opening day perfectly lined up with the first day of the pandemic state of emergency, so we were never able to properly show it off.

We've resumed some renovations though, so this summer we should be able to make your ancient and prehistoric dreams come true!!

In other good news, early access appointments to shop at the Skull Store will be available shortly!! Keep an eye on our social media and website.

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Worked on finishing up my d.eer eyes/noses on Friday! Still a bit to go in terms of finalizing them.

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Luckyyyy. I feel like I never see cool stuff like that back home in MA! I mean, we used to get toads a lot when I was younger, some real chonkers too! My dad claims to see them in the springtime still, but it’s been years for me. And man I wish we saw mantises, I’m considering raising some to release in our area sometime. I must be looking in the wrong places 😅

Found some Friendly Men out in the rain

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Last day!! In theory!!!!