r/vultureculture

I work at a hospital, a deer found his way into the doctor's parking lot and tried jumping into the window multiple times, he kept going down the wall into more windows, and eventually a metal and glass door. Somehow, not a single window broke, and no people were hurt. After enough attempts to enter the building, the deer left the parking lot and ran across the street into the field.

It was bewildering, kinda funny, but mostly I felt bad for the poor guy. He was lost in a confusing world.

Anyway, my question is: How can I safely keep this antler? I did not bring it inside because it seemed stupid to bring it inside a hospital.I tossed it in a trash can outside. But, if I took it home in plastic bags and used gloves, could I safely keep it? How do I properly wash it? Google results say dish soap, soaking, alcohol, but that doesn't seem to address the velvet on the antler, or the ticks and spider. How I do this without endangering anyone?

im pretty sure it's a leftover dove from one of the Hawks in my area

She had been hit by a car, only dead for a few hours and the vultures ate away her whole face so quickly. First time I had ever seen something like that.

An ex-friend of mine gave me a shattered deer skull he found at the base of a tree, and judging from the marks on the skull I think it’s safe to say it fell out of a cougar cache. He ended up sawing off the antler and keeping it for himself, and I’ve just been overall unhappy with the skull since I got it. It’s something about how he sawed it, how it looks ‘touched by man’ instead of being it’s natural state, so I’ve decided I’m going to ‘fix’ it or at least make it worthy of displaying.

I’m going to find a branch, sterilize it, carve it to the right shape and attach it to the missing antler post, almost like a tree is growing off the deer if that makes sense? I think this is going to turn out awesome but what are y’all’s thoughts? The last picture is a crude sketch of what I’m planning, I hope this works out.

I got into pinning when I stayed home sick and decided to makeshift pin a stinkbug I found in my home. It was really, really rough. I just finished my latest pin, a Grapevine Beetle, and am really proud of it.

Everything inbetween those two are really embarrassing so I’m not gonna show them 😭 But I will say that I used more pins and got better at actually displaying the specimens.

Does anyone decorate their shadow boxes? I have half a snake I’m going to marcermate, then place it into a box with fake mosses/pressed flowers to make it look like it’s slithering out of frame. I have a gift card to a hippie store in my neighborhood that sells that sort of stuff. Exotic bugs too, which might be fun to pin!

found in croatia

Post fourth of july my friend found this little guy dead in his (thankfully off) hot tub. He’s so cute and soft and little I feel awful his last moments were probably so stressful and harsh. Does anyone know is it legal to keep these little guys? (California) I would love to give him a home forever but am not sure up to date up the laws and such as i haven’t been actively looking for anything in quite a while.

Damaged large dog skull with jaw: $30, medium dog skull with bullet hole: $30, flathead catfish skull: $15, partial cow pelvis: $7, cow skull with bullet holes: $50 or $110 for the whole lot. Lower 48 shipping only

Incase anyone wanted to know the origins:
-cow pelvis: found in woods
-dog skull with jaw: bought at antique mall like 15 years ago
-flat head cat: fished
-cow skull: flea market
-other dog skull: found in woods. Sadly it had had a violent end but not sure why it was skeletonized by the time I found it.

Does anyone know what animal this mummified heart could have come from? It was sold to me as a deer heart, but all of the pictures of deer hearts I've seen are quite a bit bigger. I guess it could be a foal maybe? I've only ever worked with chicken hearts and rabbit hearts. It's bigger than any rabbit heart that I've personally seen and much bigger than a chicken heart.

I'm making something with it to sell and I don't want to give anyone the wrong info. Thanks in advance 🫶

Hello there! i recently purchased these off of someone, however i noticed under the elbow joint it still feels waxy on a few feathers, so i took up the responsibility of finishing off this last bit of moisture. i applied 20 mule team borax to the are as best as i could without worry about loose powder flying everywhere. i have these air drying in my room under a newspaper. it’s around 67-70 degrees fahrenheit in my house. is this functional? or am i missing something crucial here

my kid pointed this sweet baby out in the parking lot resting under a tree 🐦‍⬛

Any tips?

my giant african milli passed a few days ago so ive had her in the freezer until i got proper supplies. today i finally put her in 70% isopropyl but she is floating and ive heard theres a way to get the air out of her but im not so sure how. tips?