#bone collecting

[queeresthellhound]

Because polls get the most engagement I’m making a poll lol

(For the sake of this poll: a collector is anyone who *currently has* a collection of things either physically or digitally that they intentionally acquired which can be grouped together)

Please please please please pleeeeeeeaaaaaaase tell me what you collect and optionally why!!!! (This is doubly true if your collection is related to a regulatory/“special” interest!!!!!!! That’s honestly the only reason I’m making this poll, I am begging youuuuuuuuuuu

Neurodivergent related tags are for reach as I know a lot of neurodiverse people are collectors. I do try my best not to clutter those tags, if anyone has an issue with it please tell me and I’ll remove them

[honeyrosepetals]

[cryptickludovick]

Alaska moose, I think. By Brendon Gould.

[carrionhearted]

There’s such a widespread ignorance regarding vulture culture. Yet there are sooooo many wildly varying groups of people who connect over it… pagan folk, indigenous peoples, biology nerds, goths, country folk, artists, archaeologists, general nature lovers, entomology nerds, zoologists… the list goes on.

I love bones, I love the stories they tell, I love getting to hold and examine and clean and identify them, I love getting to KNOW them. I love getting to give them a warm place to rest. I love keeping that piece of them alive and loved. I think that’s what people don’t understand about vulture culture.

We don’t collect dead things because we’re twisted sickos who enjoy suffering??? We do it because some core part of our identity connects deeply with nature and life’s cycle— and because we have an immense appreciation and respect for every stage of it. I myself am pagan, that cycle is so central to my practice/ beliefs. I am also autistic, and my special interest happens to be vulture culture. Just because I collect and preserve the dead doesn’t mean I’m going to like… bite? Idek what people expect. I just want to talk about osteology and give you cool animal facts. I can introduce you to my bone collection, I can tell you each animal’s individual story- I take care to remember them all.

You look at the dead and see suffering. I look at the dead and see what once lived, what grew, I feel so proud of them for that, I see their beauty, their worth even when they’re grotesque and withered. I witness a step in the ever-marching cycle of life. Just because it’s unsightly to you doesn’t mean it’s undeserving of love. There is no life without death, and so I worship death as I do life. When you die, you will rot, and THERE IS BEAUTY IN THAT!!!!

[bones-bones-bones]

Reblog for a bigger sample size :^]

[arcanehackist]

“i do taxidermy so i need to get a different scent of dish soap for my dishes” is really a sentence that only makes sense for the smallest group of people ever

[cupcakeshakesnake]

Grown human yells at long-dead bird, more at 7

[mushroomgay]

Found this ABSOLUTELY sick skull while I was out foraging. I think it might be a muntjac deer skull but I'm not certain at all - any thoughts appreciated! Found in Cambridgeshire, UK.

[candymaggots-taxidermyy]

Nice Ram I found yesterday

[seabeck]

2 raccoons, two deers, and one coyote in the soup

[bigboots-smallbrain]

da fit is fittin.

[roadkillandcrows]

Found a perfect muntjac buck by the side of a country road but I had no space/tools. I moved him away from the road into some bushes so the buzzards, ravens and foxes could eat safely and I could return at a later date. 7 months later I returned and luckily found all of this! I need to put more time aside for skulls again so looking forward to cleaning him up.

[honeyrosepetals]

[missmycelia]

People think I'm wierd.

They're right. :)

[wolfespiderr]

Mole skull i cleaned up. tiniest skull i have.

they have gnarly teeth and i love them.

[carrionhearted]

If I used dating apps, I would put this on my profile to blend in with all those cis guys holding fish.