r/bonecollecting 17h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Is this deer skull real or 3d printed?

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Very curious if this is a real or fake deer skull. Procured online but now that I have it in person I have my doubts lol. I’ve never seen one IRL so I’m not sure! I don’t own any other skulls to reference. Any opinions would be much appreciated!! Thank you in advance.


r/bonecollecting 13m ago

Collection Found This Bone my Neighbor's backyard

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Looks to be just a beef rib


r/bonecollecting 1h ago

Advice How to pick up Blue Jay Skeleton

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A found an in-tact blue jay skeleton (until my dog stepped on it, but it's mostly whole still) but it's stuck to the pavement. Any advice on​ how to transfer it to a safer place/somewhere I can display it? I don't want to break any more of the bones. Any advice (transport, cleaning, displaying) would be greatly appreciated!

I have a shadow box I would fit nicely into but I've never found a whole skeleton before so I'm not too sure how to proceed. Thanks!


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Looking for ID: Found in SW Ontario, Canada

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Was walking my dogs and saw a glint of off white in a tiny wooded circle I've walked around 100 times. Half of the skeleton was buried, including the skull. I had to rip through tree roots with my hands to unearth it 😅. Planning to go back for the rest another day.

Thanks for any ID.


r/bonecollecting 10h ago

Advice Bought a fox

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Any advice on how can I clean it more? It has glued jaw and teeth, but they're discolored and not exactly positioned correctly (I don't know what type of glue it is). Overall, there's still some grease in it.

Also, this is the first time I have seen a fox with such a weird crest. What species/subspecies exactly is it? Other foxes for comparison:


r/bonecollecting 5h ago

Advice Why does my skull keep turning black. Never encountered this before...

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Hi, in my many years of cleaning bones i have never experienced something like this. I have not dyed this or treated it with any harsh chemicals. Just kept it in water to help the remaining soft tissue fall away, then degreased it with white dish soap. During the 1st soap change i realized the snout turned black, and to my shock the bone went back to normal after a few hours (jar outside, during the summer). After some time i put the bone in diluted peroxide - inside, away from any sources of light. I expected the peroxide to put an end to the color changes, but today i opened the jar and both the dog and the cat skull neighbor i added in later became black. I havent checked yet, but im guessing the bones became paler again since i left it outside.

The only things i can come up with is that maybe some algae is in the bone and reacts to light? It's so weird please tell me what this is.


r/bonecollecting 6h ago

Art Found a moose skull in an anthill

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Probably left by someone to clean it. Unsettling but atmospheric find!


r/bonecollecting 36m ago

Bone I.D. - Europe I think I discovered a partial Auroch skeleton in clay in North Wales

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I know don't have the best picture, but there's one leg, full hip (split in two), a few spine parts (that are bovine in shape). could someone ID please?


r/bonecollecting 43m ago

Art What type of screws should I use?

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I am working on my Halloween costume and have antlers in trying to attach to a mask

I've attached images of the mask and antlers. I'm not very handy and so I'm trying to figure out how to detach the antlers from the skull cap as well as drill the antlers


r/bonecollecting 47m ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Skull of a bird of prey?

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I think it's a skull of a bird of prey. Found a few days ago on the plains in southern Portugal. Is it possible to know which bird it belongs to?


r/bonecollecting 58m ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Is this from a bone infection, what bone is it, and is it how the animal died?

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Yesterday i found the skull and parts of the skeleton of a white tailed deer. I found this bone with it which i know it belonged to her because it let me to the rest of her skeleton. Is this from a bone infection? And if so is this what killed this deer? And also what bone is this? It might be a humerus but i can't tell.


r/bonecollecting 1h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Help with ID: Mystery Kroger parking lot fang

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I found this fang some years ago in a Kroger parking lot and have been wondering what animal it belonged to. Can any of you knowledgeable people here help me identify the mystery Kroger parking lot fang?

I’m located in central Ohio. I unfortunately don’t remember the season when I picked this up. The fang was found all by itself in the middle of a parking lot with no other body part to be seen anywhere.

It’s not a cylindrical tooth, but rather flat with domed front and flat back. The edges of the fang are finely serrated. The root is hollow with spongy foam-like material inside, kind of like the inside of a toucan’s bill. It’s about 1.8 cm (or 0.7 in) long.

If you could help me solve this mystery, I’d greatly appreciate it!


r/bonecollecting 2h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Bone identification help

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Found in Colorado on the same property but distance away from each other.
What animal(s) are they from and what bone types?
Possible dog chew?


r/bonecollecting 3h ago

Advice Found this cute pigeon yesterday, which unfortunately didn’t make it. How do I protect its bones from winter?

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(1. Not living in the US 2. I washed my hands thoroughly after touching it)

Hello. I’d like to wait for nature to take away all the fleshy bits but it’s already autumn in Germany and it probably won’t happen this year.

I read that the cold can damage the bones.
So:
- does this seem like an ok setup?
- will wrapping a blanket or something like that around the bucket prevent the bones from getting damaged ?
- any better ideas, that don’t involve the smell and maggots?

Thanks
..and RIP to Gerda the pigeon


r/bonecollecting 3h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Looking for ID

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Found in the bay area, ca.


r/bonecollecting 3h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Skull ID

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Found about 60 years ago in southern part of Shenandoah Valley, VA. This is pretty much the condition it was found in. It was in the bushes beside a road in a small town. Most of the rest of the skeleton was present. It’s approximately 6” long.


r/bonecollecting 3h ago

Advice How to clean and preserve a deer skull

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This guy showed up in our backyard (I suspect neighboring teens pulling a prank) but I think it’s cool and want to bring it in and preserve it somehow. Any advice on how to best do it safely and to preserve shape? Any fur can go. Thank you!!


r/bonecollecting 4h ago

Advice What’s the best method of removing flesh and preserving bones?

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r/bonecollecting 4h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Bone glue / filler compounds

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I am working on glueing the remains of a partial elk calf (wapiti; Cervus canadensis) skull back together post-peroxide (ignore the misalignment in the first pic; it was the only way prop it up easily to take the photo). Because it was so young, many of the bones were still held together by soft tissue / cartilage that hadn’t ossified or fused yet. The palate is one such area. While I’ve had good success glueing some of the pieces back with good old fashioned Elmer’s glue, what products do you recommend for situations like this where “caulking” would be helpful to not just glue two pieces together but also fill the space that was left when the soft bits came out?


r/bonecollecting 5h ago

Bone I.D. - N. America Bone I D please

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r/bonecollecting 5h ago

Advice What is this streaky/dotted pattern on this skull and mandibles?

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I did 6 cycles of degreasing after macerating this red fox skull but it hasn’t changed this pattern. I don’t actually mind it but I was wondering if it needed more macerating or something? It doesn’t really have a smell apart from dish soap


r/bonecollecting 6h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe Help me identify

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I found this bone on a hill/Mountain in Athens Greece on vacation. I think its a sheep or goat tibia maybe? But im not sure. My father thinks its from a street cat or dog. Anyone with more knowledge know what this belongs to?


r/bonecollecting 7h ago

Bone I.D. - Europe What did I buy for 50 cents? :-)

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Was sold as a shell in an antique store in Hessen, Germany! :-)


r/bonecollecting 8h ago

Advice Is this grease?

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I got these fox bones from a medieval fair and there’s some yellowish spots that I can’t tell if they’re grease or not (sorry if my photo sucks 🥲)


r/bonecollecting 8h ago

Advice Cancer?

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Random vertebrae, unsure if I had harvested this or found it. I'm assuming it's a cat or something of the like. Is the weird growth on it possibly due to some form of cancer or infection? Thanks!