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Derek Thompson. Gollum. c. 2025. Colored pencil and ink on paper.

(Black and white as to not piss off this silly ass website)

Check out the blood grooves on the lower canine of this Fisher! It's especially cool to see them next to the upper canine, which doesn't display the grooves in this particular specimen.

Blood grooves are there to reduce suction when the animal bites deep into prey. That way, they can let go and bite again if need be.

pacificremains

Tiny crocodilian. Sharp toothed bebé.

nabsthevulture

Wolverine Gulo Gulo

putridcrow

nabsthevulture

Hey if you get the chance could you take some comparisons between your coyotes? I know you have ones from different states, I'd love to see the differences between them. Thanks!

YUP! Get ready for a long post.

Adult Male C. Latrans from Arizona

Sub-Adult Female C. Latrans from Arizona

Senior Male C. Latrans Mearnsi from Arizona

Adult Female C. Latrans from Arizona

Adult Male C. Latrans Mearnsi from Arizona

Juvenile(4M) Female C. Latrans from Arizona

Juvenile(8/9M) Male C. Latrans from Arizona

Senior Male C. Latrans “Var” from New Hampshire

Sub-Adult Female C. Latrans “Var” from New Hampshire

Adult Male C. Latrans Frustor from Missouri

I’ve got a few not pictured, but its because they’re still in the process of cleaning. This is everyone so far, obviously with the vast majority being from Arizona. I’m working on getting a pair from every state but it’s slow going.

If you feel so inclined, you could shoot me a tip over on my KO-FI!

verysupersilly

Don't trust collectors who say that nasal turbinates don't matter.

The inside of an animal’s nasal cavity tells us lots of information about the environment it lived in and the family it belongs to. Aggressive treatments such as boiling damage them: anyone who uses those methods to “clean” bones is not a true enthusiast.

In the photo: harp seal, wolverine, striped hyena, cheetah.

noodle-dragon

Sighthound vs. Rabbit Articulated by Allan Turner

mawmenny

nabsthevulture

Jacked up teeth on Wyoming X1. She’s the coyote with the huge hole in her face whom I suspect got caught up in some wiring that wore her teeth down. That had to have been a problem for a while to cause such extensive and deep damage.