A Volunteer Curatorial Assistant for the Philip L. Wright Zoological Museum guts and preps a wolf carcass :) pretty gory, but I figured people here might enjoy it.

I also wanted to remind everyone that it's a month until the deadline for submissions to my zine -- Fur, Hide, and Bone volume II!!

Details can be found at my old post here.

Hey guys!
If you recall, I designed and "published" volume 1 of my zine a little while ago -- it's done quite well, as far as zines go, and a lot of people have enjoyed reading it ( Read more... )

Does anyone have any bones from smaller animals that they are looking to unload ( Read more... )

Argentine Tegu

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Posting this to see if anyone here is interested. This is a real red fox skull that I carved and painted. The jaws are tied on with waxed linen thread and have glass and mop shell nugget beads on it.

For sale for $155 (US only, sorry) through paypal and willing to do payments.
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Here's another one. A gray fox this time!
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Done with various dremel bits and an electric rotary tool with a flex-shaft attachment. The jaws are tied on with faux sinew and feature a pearl on each side.
She is for sale for $135 (sorry, I can only ship within the US).
A note to ( Read more... )

Figured I'd put this up here too, ya never know.
I just finished this guy and have it up for sale. I don't know really what to ask for it yet. $45 is a bit low. Let me know what you think ^^
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1.) My boyfriend and I are planning a trip to Philadelphia at the end of the summer with a group of friends. The entirety of this group collect bones/fossils/pelts/etc. Dead things.
I was wondering if anyone knew of any "dead thing" shops in Philadelphia.
Our main attraction is the Mutter Museum so anything in that area would be especially ( Read more... )

http://www.etsy.com/shop/eiudragonRead more... )

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