#tanuki skeleton

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T.anuki bones update? Yeah turns out I was sold a T.anuki instead of a red F.ox. I got a bit discouraged for quite some time and even thought about scrapping it at some points since it’s quite difficult without the proper tools but here she comes!

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Fresh out of peroxide. I took them out so they have time to dry out overnight. T.anuki vertebrae, C.at jaw & paw bones.

I’m hoping I’ll be able to figure out how to articulate the paw myself.

19/7/2020

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I don’t think I’ll be able to articulate the T.anuki unfortunately. I started working on it again recently and I pulled out the front leg bones to match them up. The scapula and humerus match up but I have two different sized sets of the Ulna & Radius which is also on the same side (please correct me if I said those wrong)

You can see the size difference between the two sets and how they would go on the same side which is left I believe. I guess this just really really sucks because I’ve already spent so much time working on it and now I won’t be able to move forward and complete it.

I may just take what I have done apart, properly clean up the skull and figure out something to do with the rest of the bones. Maybe I’ll even try articulating just the paws? Who knows, but I’m just glad I got my money back honestly.

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Ribs are as done as possible. It’s very evident now the the bones were boiled and I can see how awful it is the more I clean them. I’m honestly worried about smaller bones like these because the scapulas were visibly damaged around the edges and are thin like these. They are all clean but there’s a shadow on the left half that makes it look greasy still.

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T.anuki foot bones. There’s about 90 of them including all the little tiny ones that go in between and now they’re all nice and clean.

Completely white and free of any old flesh that was on them, here’s a better picture in the light

Might use these in some curio bottles? Seems like a good idea we will see where we go with it. Gonna need to save because we’ll be moving in a couple of months! ✌🏻

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I’ve cleaned up my T.anuki claws and let them dry out thoroughly on the window.

A couple will be going in my collection and I’m thinking of selling the rest. they’re a lot cleaner then when I got them, no left over fur and meat.

I doubt I will be buying much from China after seeing the quality of anything. You could tell the bones were boiled and/or bleached, quite a few are broken probably from that process. One thing I’m surprised is that the turbinates on the skull are perfectly fine but it’s super greasy.

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I have really not had anything to post lately in VC, no roadkill, no new bones and no progress on my current project because I haven’t got the rest of my supplies 😩

I guess I can update on one thing though. My entire “fox” skeleton is actually a Tanuki... I am a little more than disappointed and so I haven’t been working on it but I’ll probably do that soon.

For now I’d like to share this article I found about preserved cave lion cubs.

Experts crack prehistoric mystery over extinct babies preserved in permafrost since Ice Age, and reveal the VERY surprising colour of this '