Apparently Mole Interest is trending, so I think I need you all to see their bizarre humeri
(Image ID: Left, a rat humerus. It looks normal. Right: a mole humerus. It looks like a twisted beast).
It's one of my favourite animal bones :)
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A Curated List Of My Favorite Skeletons (and Skulls!)
We shall start, of course, with the obvious: Stringray!
Followed neatly by pufferfish!
gila monster skull (shh they are sleeping)
moving on to flamingos bc they have so little to work with but they stretch it so far
veiled chameleon skull (plus art by Elena Barbieri so you comprehend the importance of the sclerotic ring bone!) (bc some eyes have bones! some eyes have bones and that is so so valid)
love us a good old-fashioned mole
the tucan, always a fun classic
in conclusion, a few dainty gibbon skeletons to calm you soul, bc why the heck not <3
(yes the last one is a real vintage postcard sold in real Natural History Museum gift shops, before for some reason they reconsidered this marketing decision)
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I'm finally done
The 3.74 meter reticulated python is finally finished, I am extremely proud, I feel like a peacock
There were probably more than a thousand pieces and I still have a 2.5 meter burmese degreasing and two other snakes in the freezer waiting to be cleaned and articulated
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These jaws had some teeth missing, so I replaced them! These will be jewelry later, let me know if you want dibs on any in particular, or a custom one.
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Gave my Wall of Skulls a good dusting and rearranging the other day.
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I just had to share these guys I found out about recently
they’re called Mexican Mole Lizards and they make no sense whatsoever
Ah! That, as I am thrilled to tell you, is Bipes biporus, and they're not actually lizards at all. They're amphisbaenians, the final group of squamata, the order of scaled reptiles - related to lizards and snakes, but very distinct. They have very unique scales - the scales are arranged in rings loosely attached to the trunk, so they move with both skin and trunk muscles. Amphisbaenians, unlike snakes, only have primitive eyes, have a fracture plane in their tails, have both vestigial pelvic and pectoral girdles (even primitive snakes only have vestigial pelvic girdles), and have teeth and powerful jaws specialized for tearing chunks out of prey.
Look at the skulls on these guys! It's like they're straight out of Alien!
B. biporus and others in its genus are actually unique among amphisbaenians because they have those front legs, most amphisbaenians are legless.
They're my favorite amphisbaenians. I think they're so cute.
And they can MOVE with those little legs!
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Coprinus necrosidus, the Abysmal ink cap mushroom. These mushrooms are a fictional species of ink cap, made primarily clay, yarn, and bone. They are placed on a raccoon skull I harvested from the woods.
I love mushroom themed crafts.
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