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savannah, 24, GA bone collector and enthusiast. gore, dead animals, and the like on this blog. not intended for shock purposes, solely educational! message me for processing questions or if you just want to talk!

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Hi I just discovered I can pin post so this is an about me post for new folks coming to check me out

Hello!! My name is Savannah! I reside in GA and I am currently 23 and work as an ACO in my area.

I have had this blog since around 2017. It is a side blog to my main one that I have had since around 2013. I had a fall out when I became employed full-time in 2020 and moved to a new house in a neighborhood vs. the middle of no-where so I kinda just disappeared without explanation

I became a mom in July 2023 to a baby boy who is the light of my life and also a little shit

I have been collecting since around 2013 with an interested beginning when I was around 6-7yrs old. I began picking up roadkill and cleaning it when I was 13.

I have 4 dogs and some fish I forget exist sometimes

I LOVE talking to anyone about collecting and cleaning stuff so please do not shy away from messaging/asking me.

I don’t know how to take this question thing off

That just makes this a little funny

Still funny bc I can’t post this without a second answer

Voting ended onSep 4, 2023

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Hey everyone! The inevitable has happened. I have decided to sell off the majority of my collection. Due to the economy, and the way my life is headed, it is clear that this is something i will no longer be able to pursue.

I have several things available that i have held onto for a long time.

The go.at, kitt.en, tu.rtle, be.ar and alli.gator are not available. The bird is legal, I can’t remember what kind it is but it is from skulls unlimited.

Everything is coming from GA! Send me a message if interested in anything!

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What do you do for work?

I work as an animal control/welfare officer!

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Cicada season is upon us here in middle Georgia!! They have been emerging in large numbers for about a week (that I’ve been paying attention to anyway). One of my FAVORITE insects!! Enjoy a few photos and a video I’ve snapped recently!

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Brand spanken new skull to my collection!

Ro.e De.er Bu.ck. Really happy with it :)

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I sold all my cool skulls! Being a grown up sucks!

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Jacob’s Ra.m I got for myself

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My muntjac skull from @mythopoeist came today! He’s so precious and cute, I love him

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I miss this skull. My dog ate both bottom jaws and messed the face up some. I sold it I couldn’t look at it anymore 🥲

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Injured goose I had to dispatch. Will be disposed of properly. Unfortunately our wildlife rehabber couldn’t help it.

Return to the skies 🫀🌄

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it is going to be physically impossible for me to boop everyone back

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well now I am VERY upset that the boops are gone

I’ll NEVER KNOW how many boops I RECEIVED IN THE END :(

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i made this a few years ago and I don’t think I shared it here

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it is going to be physically impossible for me to boop everyone back

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Hello! I was wondering if you knew any methods of defleshing/cleaning bones during winter. Are there any effective ways of doing it? If not, are there any ways to preserve bones until summer? Thank you!

I really don’t process anything in the winter. All my important bug friends are mostly absent and the warm weather is gone. You can macerate but it would take a lot longer. My experience, the flesh has always dried out and mummified if left out and not frozen. I still end up macerating come summer time. There may not be AS MUCH flesh as there would’ve been if you’d have just plopped it into a freezer, but I still always macerated.

There are flesh eating beetles, but I can’t give you any tips on them. I know they have an upkeep and smell a bit. But I don’t have any experience with them.

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Hello, I just found your blog, and I figured you may help me out.

I've always adored animal life, and I have had the wonderful chance of finding some bird bones outside today. I brought them home (protected my hands and everything), however, some flesh remains.

I live by myself and don't have a lot of money, but I wish to preserve them. I read somewhere that you can boil the flesh away, which is what I'm doing. Peroxide that I've read about isn't so readily available here, so I was wondering if there are other solutions.

Any tips and resources will also be GREATLY appreciated. Thank you kindly!

Hey!! So two things to address first and foremost;

Make sure the remains you have are of a species that is NOT PROTECTED by the migratory bird treaty act if you live in the United States or Canada. This protects almost all birds with a few exceptions.

If your remains are not protected, hooray!! Now secondly, do not boil!! I highly advise against boiling as it will cause damage in the long run, especially on something small and fragile like bird bones.

Always macerate (rot with water) if youre able to. Burying is always an option but you run the risk of losing pieces bc of how small they are. Plus wildlife can dig it up, etc…. I would macerate if I were you. You could get an empty jar and put them in water and sit on your porch, balcony, etc… I really don’t see bird remains with a little bit of flesh having a really strong smell.

Macerate, degrease, whiten!

Please message me if you have anymore questions!!

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When you dispatch animals, such as when they're hit by cars, and you want to save their skulls, how do you do that?

Mmmmm I don’t know how to answer this. Everytime I’ve dispatched an animal hit by a vehicle, it has been for work and with a .22 rifle. Most of my antlered deer I’ve acquired from work. Even knowing that im going to keep the heads of them, I still dispatch in the there because it is just the quickest, most humane way. There is always the heart, but that isn’t the quickest from what I’ve been taught. I don’t know of another way to safely dispatch an animal without a vehicle but all I can think is head, head, head when it comes to actually dispatching them. I really wouldn’t advise any other way.

Anyone with further insight please chime in.

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Okay I may have read this wrong and you’re just wanting to know how to obtain the skull from an animal that’s been dispatched?? If that’s the question then you can just cut the head off between the atlas vert and skull. I cut as much flesh as I can in a circle around the neck and then I twist the head off. I’ve never used a saw or axe to take of my heads. Just a good, sharp knife and my strength!!

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When you dispatch animals, such as when they're hit by cars, and you want to save their skulls, how do you do that?

Mmmmm I don’t know how to answer this. Everytime I’ve dispatched an animal hit by a vehicle, it has been for work and with a .22 rifle. Most of my antlered deer I’ve acquired from work. Even knowing that im going to keep the heads of them, I still dispatch in the there because it is just the quickest, most humane way. There is always the heart, but that isn’t the quickest from what I’ve been taught. I don’t know of another way to safely dispatch an animal without a vehicle but all I can think is head, head, head when it comes to actually dispatching them. I really wouldn’t advise any other way.

Anyone with further insight please chime in.

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little bird that was dead in my driveway. I feed a lot of the birds so I assume it probably ran into my house or window. I laid underneath some bushes after a few photos.

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how long should i leave my deer skull/spine/pelvis in the water for? i found it yesterday in the forest with only the slightest bit of meat remaining. i carried it back for 5km, (Canadian lol) and i pressure washed it for 20-30 mins. i let it dry, and the next day (now) i put it in boiling water with dawn dish soap. ive had it in for about 25 mins. when should i take it out?

Did you remove all the meat prior to putting it in water? Or was there still flesh on it? Usually this process takes a bit and it doesn’t happen in a day or so (unless you boil it all off, but I always advise on not boiling any bones). If there is still flesh remaining, I would keep it in there for at least a week for right now and check on it every so often. The warm weather will be in your favor and the flesh will begin to fall off. I wouldn’t put any dish soap in the water until you’re at the degreasing part. I feel like the soap would kill important bacteria you need.

All in all it depends on the weather where you live with how long it’ll take for the flesh to come all off.

Please ask me if you have any more questions :)