questionable practices

my finds from the st. louis stop of the oddities and curiosities expo today

The skull of a two-toed sloth.

Sharp fangs are not exclusive to predators. These animals, like their armored relatives (Cingulata), have teeth that grow continuously and lack enamel; by grinding against each other, they become pointed. The tannins in the leaves they feed on make them turn almost black.

Oh, and they also have impressive claws…

Don't trust collectors who say that nasal turbinates don't matter.

The inside of an animal’s nasal cavity tells us lots of information about the environment it lived in and the family it belongs to. Aggressive treatments such as boiling damage them: anyone who uses those methods to “clean” bones is not a true enthusiast.

i found:

unidentified squid

Lots of parasitic worms

uncased eggs

Wild Eurasian wolf skulls from my country Bulgaria (second one is from Pskov, Russia)

Personal collection