June 2011
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A Little Bit of Trivia.
There seems to be a fair number of people who read my blog, so I’ve decided try out some interactive.
I’ve put together a couple questions below. Would you like to take a guess?
Question 1:
This is a tray of skulls from a small museum I worked for.
What are the two skulls at the front of the tray?
(Hint: One of them should be very easy, as I’ve previously...
Second Life
A dead sugar glider takes on new life as a skeletal mount. Photos from start to finish of my first skeletal mount.
ATTENTION: This post contains graphic images of an animal being skinned as well as injuries. It is NSFW and R-18G. Click “Read more” if you wish to see it.
This is “Crash”. “Crash” is a young male sugar glider that lived with his cagemate...
Landscapes
Strange and beautiful.
The partially everted hemipenes of a diamondback rattlesnake. The paired penises of snakes, called Hemipenes rest within the tail, stored outside-in like a sock. During copulation, the structure everts, turning inside out to expose it’s surface of bony spines.
The dilated iris of a cat, hit by a car. The last reminder of a fleeting life, in the shredded ruins...
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Some New Skulls
Here are some new skulls for my collection.
Smooth-fronted Caiman skull (Paleosuchus trigonatus).
This is a groundhog skull. Although his skull is mostly intact, he is missing his incisors. They were broken when he was hit by a car.
Parrot fish skull. This is the first articulated fish skull I’ve prepped. It came out fairly nice.
Speaking of parrots here’s a...
My first mount
Today I completed my first full body skeletal mount. It’s a sugar glider skeleton.
For my first time, I’m fairly pleased with the result…a little proud even. It’s got some rough areas, but I’m pleased that the life like pose turned out well.
The mandible (lower jaw) is movable and can be opened and closed.
I attached the hyoid and the cartilaginous rings of...
