#camel.

Camel skeleton in Bern

The last golden hour

Acquired one of my dream skulls, a camel! It has some flaws (it is SO greasy 🥲) but I'm super happy with it. I fixed the broken jaw but I'm leaving the cut skull cap (from necropsy?) as it is

Bactrian camel taxidermy by Simon Wilson (x)

Juvenile dromedary camel and juvenile alpaca :]

I guess August is camelid-themed! I got a set of skulls to fix (most of them have dried tissue all over them... yikes...) and this beauty was included! It's a juvenile dromedary camel, something I thought I would never be able to find. Especially since most people don't even know the difference between dromedary and bactrian camels and once it's a clean skull it's almost impossible to find out which one it was. I'm so in love with camelids and now I can finally add a new dream species to the collection! :D

Now I just need an adult dromedary camel, and an adult and juvenile domestic bactrian camel, and then I think I'd have to accept not being able to get the wild species (guanaco, vicuña, wild bactrian). Unless I can find someone with the right connections and paperwork, so maybe I won't give up yet