Tag: vulture culture

a-fragile-sort-of-anarchy:

dandelion-seedlings:

noteverythingisinteresting:

of-helmets-and-pomegranates:

queerkitchenwitch:

hey look i found a nifty little guide about cleaning bones it looks like it hits different situations for it so i hope it helps !

Hey thanks!  This is a nifty guide.

Because there is no source, I’m gonna add one here.

http://www.jakes-bones.com/p/how-to-clean-animal-bones.html

This is for animals?

@a-fragile-sort-of-anarchy 

This is probably useful for tons of you guys who are just getting into this kind of thing.

Animal Preservation

marissastaxidermy:

equuslupus:

Here’s a post to preserving animals in as many forms as I can shove in here/am aware about. Please feel free to reblog and add more links!

Taxidermy

Collecting

Preservation

Insects

Carving

Legal Issues

Misc

Bringing back this fantastic master post for any fledgling vultures!

@ianweston57

gorgeousgeology:

sovexedtofind:

gorgeousgeology:

nerdyginger2307:

earthstory:

gorgeousgeology:

This is a very rare and awesome find. This is a crab claw that has been opalised in the same way that petrified wood is. Very rare and very beautiful specimen.

WOW!!!!1

Science side of Tumblr please explain how this possible.

It forms when plant/animal material is buried by sediment and protected from decay by oxygen and organisms. Then, groundwater rich in dissolved solids flows through the sediment replacing the original plant or animal material with silica, calcite, pyrite or another inorganic material such as opal.

The result is a fossil of the original material that often exhibits preserved details of the cellular structures.

Hope I have helped.

– Jelly

Can a human body turn to opal? Asking for a friend.

Anything which has biological organic material which can decompose can. So in theory yes. It’d be the most amazing macabre thing ever and something I’d be so fascinated by.

buy-skulls:

This is a real Ancient Egyptian bird mummy!!

This insane specimen dates back to the Late Period (664-332BC) and was mummified with a necklace & amulet by its neck.

This bird also had its wings snapped and folded across the chest which, in humans, is a burial pose reserved for pharaohs and royalty. These features signify the important symbolism behind this particular animal’s mummification.

We can ship this specimen worldwide! Buy it now on www.SkullStore.ca or in-store at 1193 Weston Rd, Toronto (Saturday-Sunday 12-6pm).

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