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Persian cat skulls, adult and kitten. I am honored to have these in my collection, and sad that their anatomy is Like That.

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Skull of a female roe deer with a very large tumor (x)

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Just out of curiosity - what's wrong with owning taxidermy bats? I have an interest in taxidermy and I like purchasing vintage pieces and I'd like to know if there's an ethical or safety reason not to acquire bats. I don't have any, but wouldn't have paused at buying one. Maybe I should?

Great question to ask; I would definitely pause on buying one especially if it’s from an online store like eBay.

Bat skeletons and taxidermy have become hugely popular among oddity collectors over the past decade, but unfortunately there is growing evidence to suggest the vast majority of these specimens are harvested unethically. Many threatened and vulnerable bat species are among those hunted to satisfy this demand. Bat conservationists and the IUCN have advised to refrain from buying any type of bat remains in order to protect their populations in the wild.

https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2021/12/stop-buying-these-bats-scientists-and-conservationists-plead/

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Whenever they kiss a star eats itself

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Bone mandalas! I talked to the creator and he said he finds them and his friends who have farms let him collect there. I asked if he wanted credit or a link when I posted the pictures I was taking, and he said something like "just say they were made by some crazy old hermit in Granite, Wyoming."

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We'll find it

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ℜ𝔢𝔰𝔦𝔤𝔫𝔢𝔡

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Help Us Do Real Science!

@talesfromtreatment and I have an ask for our fellow corn snake keepers and breeders.

We're gathering information on corn snake size by age and we need community scientists like you to provide the largest possible body of data.

@talesfromtreatment will be using the information gathered to build an accurate, statistics-supported corn snake growth and feeding guide based on ACTUAL data from ACTUAL corn snake keepers like you! I'm just the numbers gal.

Here's what we need:

Your snake's age (in years)

Your snake's weight (in grams)

A top-down photo of your snake's entire body with an inch or centimeter reference. (see photo below)

All of this information entered in our online form, linked below or copy/pasta: https://forms.gle/QtAwmiFa6fpBewFs8

https://forms.gle/QtAwmiFa6fpBewFs8

We'd love to get data on older snakes, younger snakes, fatter snakes, skinnier snakes. If you've got a corn snake we want their age, weight, and a photo of them with a measuring device.

Photos don't need to be fancy, just give us a top-down view of your snake and a ruler/tape measure/yardstick on a flat surface.

The survey is anonymous and we won't share your photos with anyone nor use them for any purpose beyond collecting morphometric data for this specific study.

Please please please help us collect as much data as possible. Share with your reptile-keeping friends, signal boost, submit your metrics, and stay tuned for updates!

https://forms.gle/QtAwmiFa6fpBewFs8

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Three-legged coyote [ki6h]

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roadside angel

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Self Made Man 🌙

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Trailcam deer

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Collection of color morph taxidermy by @dominotwist.

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flat stanley the squirrel

cw for readmore: explicit details about roadkill

there's a dead squirrel outside that must've been run over and is incredibly flat. literally paper-thin and mummified. never seen such a flat squirrel. named him Flat Stanley and gave him little memorial leaves bc he keeps getting shoved around by cars. you can see Flat Stanley's skull and ribs incredibly clearly and it kinda looks like one of those black and white skeleton silhouettes from textbooks but irl and in the middle of the road. I have many pics of the flat lad that I will not subject your eyes to

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Cremated remains of a d.o.g

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Lately my dreams have been bloody