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average friend gathering experience

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By far one of the DOPEST sheds found. This pic is very telling and shows sometimes the predator underestimates the prey; inevitably paying the ultimate cost. I can imagine seeing this buck stroll about with a rotting carcass hanging until it shed that late winter/early spring. Imagine all the doe loving it missed out on spooking the ladies with a predator puppet adorned its crown. (SRC: Urban Outdoorsman on FB.)

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freshly skinned roadkill c.at pelt. she was awfully overweight and had a large bone growth over her front teeth. she will be mounted up once i have the supplies.

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I have seen some godawful decor choices, but this statue takes the cake.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-9939749/Design-horrors-Terrible-taste-design-concepts-come-life.html

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Finally got a ringtail pelt, so so soft and cute and smaller than I thought! Looks fun with the rest of the striped tail gang. I expected it to be the same size as my genet. Still longer than the female raccoon, though! One of my fave native mammals, it’ll def be a wallhanger.

I love me some long fur noodles!

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TW CARCASSES AHEAD⚠️

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when sending in pets for tanning, sometimes owners will request that i don’t make an incision on the tail so that the leather doesn’t show and it looks more like it did in life. unfortunately, it is necessary for the tail to be completely split down to the tip in order to flesh off all the fat (there can be a lot more fat in a tail than you’d think!), and ensure proper degreasing, tanning, and softening of the skin. however, what can be done in lieu of leaving it unsplit is to sew up the incision after tanning! that way, the tail can both be properly tanned and the incision be invisible. the left is the underside of a cat tail with the incision not sewn, the right is the underside of a cat tail after it was sewn up.

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Birthday gift to myself, a fo.x cub skeleton!!!

I’ve wanted a fully articulated skeleton of either a c.at or a fo.x since forever, so very happy to have found this beauty! Poor little thing was killed by a car so has a few damaged bones, but that just adds to it’s charm imo. I like animal remains that tell a story. 

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As we get into Halloween season, this is your periodic reminder that pretty much all the bat parts that you find for sale are from unsustainable, unethical sources (secondhand is better, but even then they initially came from bad sourcing.) Just because it's legal doesn't make it right.

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a very handsome cocker spaniel i tanned for the taxidermist who will be working her magic to complete the preservation of his beauty for his family 🖤🐾 he’s got such a luxurious and velvety coat, he was such a lovely little critter to work with

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finally got one of my most holy grail pelts, a spotted hyena 🙌 a hyena has been near the top of my list ever since i began collecting. i was commissioned to tan this beautiful beast a while back, then as i was finishing her up the client offered to trade her for more tanning work, which of course i could not refuse! i am still in awe of her and grateful every time i look at her 🌟

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Bull terrier skull.

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some rando: did you kill that animal just for its fur or skull?

me:

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A majority of people in VC collect due to a passion for nature and interest in biological sciences, or do so for spiritual reasons. Very very few do it for the ~aesthetic~ alone and i will admit if i come across weird dark edgy goth uwu collectors I block them because it puts me off. Most people do it because they want to learn more about the life around them and how it works and it is kind of embarrassing to see somebody with a platform try to suggest otherwise to a following of non-vultures when they don't know anything about our community.

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"People only ever collect skulls for the aesthetic!"

"Just get plastic replicas, that's better for the environment!"

"People in the VC community don't care about the environment or nature!"

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the dead raccoon I just spotted on the side of the road: it's rotten work

me, already pulling on rubber gloves and taking out my good trash bags: not to me not if it's you