r/bonecollecting

This bone was found in South Florida on the Atlantic coast. The two smaller bones at the top can move a little bit. I have no idea what it's from!

All of the deer skulls were found / roadkill except for I think two I bought (I had to use flash on the first pic cus the lights burned out)

I have another buck skull and a raccoon skull (and the rest of a young doe skull) processing

My first find of a predator! What can it be?

Hi all! Found this poor little fellow on my walk today and immediately thought red fox, however the ears, tail and teeth are throwing me off and now I can’t shake the thought it may be a dog.

This was on my way into a nature reserve, but only a 20 minute walk from the town where I parked so a domestic dog is entirely within the realm of possibility.

I know foxes sometimes lose part of their tail, or it may have been carried off by a scavenger. I’m not sure if the ears would flop during decomposition, seems likely? What could be going on with the teeth? They look more dog than fox to me but maybe some sort of dental disease either way??

Found something washed ashore in Maine, debating whether it’s an animal or something else. Had these two things that looked attached that we thought might be bones. Are they bones or something different?

Today was my first ever skull hunting expedition!

My goal is to find a skull of a fallow deer buck with intact antlers. I know this is very ambitios target and I was already dreading that sense of dissapointing at the end of my trip (I was sure I wouldn't find anything), but surprisingly I did not leave the forest without a small trophy! Not a fallow deer, but still! I think, rather lovely roe deer, even though not really fresh.

I am quite happy :) Will try to continue "hunting" for more skulls.

I consulted with AI about how to process it, so now it is already soaking in the dishwashing liquid solution for degreasing. Will try to whiten it afterwards.

Location: outskirts of Stockholm, Sweden

While on a walk on a main road I noticed this little guy just perched out in the open. What kind of bird do you guys think it is?

My dog brought this in today, everyone figured someone had bought it for him. No one did. 😅 trying to figure out what it could be from!

I’ve been processing these possum bones for about three months now. I let them soak in water and dawn dish soap for about two months and I soaked them in hydrogen peroxide for another month. I‘ve heard that leaving any fats/brown spots can ruin them later on. Are they at the stage that I can begin articulation, or should I let them sit for a little while longer?

Hi friends!!

I need some advice! I found this mummified lizard in my backyard about a month ago, put him in a Ziploc and stored him for a project. As far as I'm aware from my comings and goings, he'd been in my backyard about a week with temperatures over 115° some days so I hoped he was fully preserved.

I have the project basically ready to go, and pulled him out to add, but I noticed an odor from the bag. It's not a strong smell, I had to bring the bag closer to my nose to actually pick up on it, but now I'm nervous that there's something still decomposing in him and that it won't last in my project :/

I tried googling if a body is truly fully mummified if it smells, but I couldn't find anything not relating to Egyptian mummies and this clearly has nothing to do with those lol.

If anyone has any experience or advice, I'd love to hear it! Thanks :)

Don’t know enough about bones to be able to identify. Chicken? Squirrel? No idea, lmk if more photos are needed and I’ll happily provide.

lesser short-nosed fruit bat i found(philippines)
DENR gave me the green light to keep to soooo...

photos r going back in time so the last photo is the earliest obvi.

so, this is eurydice, i spent a while evening trying to glue her back. Unfortunately the skull was already pretty damaged when i got it(couple teeth missing and many broken parts), and i seem to have lost her nose and incisors aswell 😢

(some of the parts i just couldn't fit just yet, like the left bulla)

either way she's so pretty and i love her

Found near Lake Isabella, Kern County, CA. This is the only pic, trying to help my friend ID what she found.

(Post 2 of the day, my foraging walk turned up no less than three skulls hahah)

I know it's a boar or pig but it's a lot smaller and with a shorter snout than my other boar skull so I got a bit uncertain. There's no shortage of wild boar in the area so it would

make sense that it is, can it be younger/female maybe?

Stoked that it had the lower jaw just nearby!