Cold be hand and heart and bone

Ranger on the west coast of Scotland. Carol | 30 | She/Her

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I drew a snoot

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Tidied one of my skull shelves today 💀

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Also due to popular demand I’m selling some of these

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Still one of the most perfect frosty mornings I've ever witnessed 😭

Another reason to keep bones in your garden 😍

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Bull moose skull in Alaska taken by: Beck Photography 

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The Unnatural History Museum

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image found while on google images ©

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A skull of the extinct bluebuck (Hippotragus leucophaeus) from the Hunterian Museum in Glasgow, Scotland. It is one of only two bluebuck skulls in existence.

Via Blue Antelope Correspondences.

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A Name for the Bone Collecting Community?

So, it all started because I’ve been thinking a lot about tattoos lately and with hearing my coyotes the other night, I started dreaming about my Micoa/Melahuac tattoo again.  Then I remembered that when I found Micoa, there was also a vulture that had been hit and killed by a car who was presumably trying to scavenge him.  It was sad to see, but it’s been a while and I had kinda forgotten about it.  In remembering it, I thought perhaps I could add vultures to my coyote tattoo, or at least have the vulture beside Micoa in order to honor the poor scavenger.  I was about to tell someone my idea when I accidentally hit the “c” key instead of “v” when it hit me.

Vulture Culture.

I was so excited that I immediately felt my heart race because it was so perfect, especially because it went so well with Naturepunk’s recent suggestion that a vulture should be the mascot of the taxidermy community (which, even though I’m not a taxidermist, I feel like it kinda applies to us bone collectors too).  Aside from deciding that I definitely want a vulture tattoo with the words “Vulture Culture” to honor the poor vulture and my bone collecting “hobby” (if I can even call it a mere hobby anymore), I realized its potential as a term for us as a community.  I was waiting to say anything about it until I had drawn up a design to debut it with, but after this fiasco with the “Bone Queen” issue and being encouraged by Watserbones to release it, I felt that perhaps now would be a good time.

So there you go.  Maybe it’s weird that it originated as a tattoo idea and maybe not everyone will like the term but in my opinion, it seems too awesome not to share with everyone.  So from now on it’ll probably be a habitual tag of mine and hopefully I’ll find myself with enough spending cash in the next year or so to actually get this tattoo.

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the best fish

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I had the misfortune of seeing this in person and almost started crying 

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Great Auk skull compared to a Razorbill.

Great Auks went extinct in the mid 19th Century, largely due to human hunting and collecting. These skulls are both @bonemonger 's

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Stole this from d-unique designs on fb

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I visited a Path of Skulls today.

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Found this book about skulls at a junk store and cried a little on the inside when I turned to this page which showcases a sheep skull as a horse skull.

For reference, this is a real horse skull:

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I'm a Scottish vulture too! up near dundee. I'm only a new vulture though I only found my first skull the other day! It was found clearing back some brambles in my garden! I was so exited!

Hello hello! That’s awesome!! Congrats on your first find! 😁

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hello!!! scottish vulture ahh hello! im always so excited to find fellow scottish vultures, your blog is stunning! im from falkirk, right in the centre, and i love this community so much!! i only have one skull but i love it.. sorry for bothering you im just so excited to see another scottish vulture!! ahh!!!

Thank you so much! 🥰 That’s so cool!! Always nice to meet more Scottish folks! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿