bones & stuff

And once again tumblr ruins photo quality 💔

Sorry for the inactivity, my projects have been going slow lately... but I finished up this big fella tonight! He’s in perfect condition, has all his teeth and everything. My brother and his dog found most of the skeleton in the woods, which is crazy because I’ve never found any bones in all my years of walking through there. Still don’t have a name for them yet so I’m open to suggestions!

Degreasing is done for the year, until I set up the insulated heated tub.

The second image is a detail shot, the third a long exposure shot of it in the dark so you can see the glow-in-the-dark elements

My raccoon skull is almost clean! I had to piece him back together a bit

We compared it to racoons, opossums, and foxes but nothing seems quite right ??

Bones and structures of the cranium and mandible

Mi.nk skeleton articulation

My first hyena skull! The teeny, termite eating, aardwolf! Smallest animal in the family. Unlike the brown, striped, or spotted hyenas they are insectivores. They eat insects exclusively, predominantly termites, with the use of their long sticky tongues. They’re small, shy, nocturnal animals and not many studies or research has been some on them since they’re so private and elusive. (instagram)

studies

Baby zebr.a skull!

These photos were taken by Nadja L. Pinheiro, from Área de Embriologia, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro.