Bones

they have names :)

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Bath time with friends :)

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Remember kids, you gotta brush your teeth

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While digging a lake on our land, my family found the bones of an ancient Irish elk!!

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Found a really neat bone at the creek the other day!

This is a jawbone from an opossum. It’s pretty weathered and worn but see all of those tiny round depressions and holes in the bone? They weren’t caused by the elements—those were made by a parasite while the animal was still alive!

This opossum was infected with the Besnoitia darlingi parasite. This parasite creates hundreds if not thousands of tiny cysts in the host animal’s body—in the organs, in the muscles, and even in the bone.

If you’ve followed me for a while you’ve probably seen me post about this particular pathology before because I already have a couple more complete opossum skulls in my collection which also show damage from the Besnoitia darlingi parasite.

This skull came from a dead opossum I found on my property many years ago. Its entire skeleton is pitted with these countless tiny holes—it’s one of the more severe cases I’ve ever seen.

By comparison, this skull displays a much milder case with only a few of the holes present.

Pretty gnarly stuff! I’m excited to have another example to add to my collection.

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Minerva has been through a journey.

Since this poor fox was quite young when she died on the road (and was kindly brought to me by the neighbours) her skull bones were loose and her skull fell apart a little

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More Chartreuse

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His name is Solomon. Solomon is a seagull, seagulls are bastards

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Esmeralda and Baxter

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Her name is Arabella

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Why would life be so much more fulfilling if I was a little frog that lived in an abandoned building in the woods?

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What’s in your cauldron?🧹 . . Or in this case; What’s in my shop update: Bones & Skulls & Toads, Oh my ! ☠️🍄 But also Awpossums & Froggy familiars 🪲 . . ✨ Shop update is on Monday, May 16th ✨ . . . . . . . #igatherthedead #isewthecritters #handsewnfamiliars #forestfamiliars #frogcore #toadsofinstagram #frogfamiliar #forestcore #forestcritters #VultureCulture #ethicallysourced #bonecollecting #bonesandskulls #skullcollecting #witchythings #mossygoodness https://www.instagram.com/p/CdkCoCnrhnA/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Somehow the neighbor's know I collect bones and have begun to inform both me and MY MOTHER of intact road kill they spot. I'm not sure if I should be worried or just be thankful

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This is Minerva. A fox kit that was hit by a car on a local road. I've buries her in an above ground mesh crate to decompose.

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His name is Cerulean

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Only hot people bury red foxes in their garden under a blood moon

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Her name is Minerva

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Only hot people bury red foxes in their garden under a blood moon

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This is Osmond