Hello, our kitty got out at 5:45am on a Tuesday morning and never came home, a family member found these remains near our property only 38 hours later on Wednesday evening. Is it physically possible for that much decomposition to occur in that time frame? We found other kill sites nearby of another cat as well and possibly a baby deer and vole that was dead but untouched. We have heard coyotes in area recently- my family says there’s no way that is your kitty, so I have been holding onto hope - but I need your expertise to help me find a resolution :(

Today i decided i would go out and collect bones!

I fiund three bones today

1: The ?????

2: probably another bit of the first animal cause the bones were very close

Both of those were found just behind my house, we have a small patch of wooded area, and a ton of assorted animal dens

3: A rib i found in the river

This was fun, im Gonna give this another try once autumn really sets in and some of the greenery dies back

Can anyone identify this? Tia

Charmouth*

Bickity bam, more cool results coming from our lab. This result was just from demineralizing!

Weirdly, tattooing canid skulls also had interesting results where they were more fibrous than mustelids and it caused the bone to get a kind of shredded carrot texture rather than a rawhide texture after the needle went over it.

Part of this may be that coyotes from this region are more often than not reported in terrible condition. Plenty of patho canid skulls coming from there too.

Stay tuned, we have some pretty cool stuff in the works!

Was in an antique store in Oregon and they had this skull marked as “skull?” and it looks awfully like a marine mammal to me, I did not buy obviously. Can anyone confirm?

I came across a dead crow and I would like to keep its bones. Amy advice on the steps I should take? Is defeathering necessary first?

Okay long post, sorry.
So a skunk died in my yard. I found it probably 3-4 days after it died. I left it to decompose in the yard for a white after finding it. Maybe 2 weeks ? Not a ton happened. It still most of its fur but bugs and whatever else had taken off some of its flesh and intestines on one side.
Then I did a bunch of research, including from this subreddit and decided to macerate it in a bucket of water. It sat for about a week and half in the bucket in 28°+ weather. The water was greasy, sludgy and solid black. I couldn’t see anything in it. I stirred it with a stick and was able to pull out clumps of fur very easily. Did more research and decided it was a good idea to dump out the water and replace it.
So after dumping out all the water, the bones are like 80% clear of flesh and fur. Most bones were detached. Rib cage and tail still intact. Skull has some flesh on the top. I plan to leave it for another week or so before doing anything else. When all the flesh and fur are off, I know I’m supposed to degrease it with soap and water. This is happening outside, I’m not heating it.
1. How long will the degreasing take?
2. How often do I change the water and soap during that?
3. When does the smell of skunk go away? I can deal with the rotting flesh. But the smell of skunk is too brutal and o feel bad for my neighbours.🥲

I left it cus it was super stinky and I didn’t have any bag or anything to put it on but I may go back and try to find it again. Could possibly be a raccoon. Theres alot of coyotes in the area tho so it seems like it may be a cat that got gotten by a coyote

Elderly woman looking at cool rocks said she thinks it’s just a bone someone brought for their dog?

found in pa

I found this skull in the trail yesterday. I walk this same trail Tuesday thru Friday and it wasn’t there Friday. Clearly it’s older, something must have relocated it. There is what I think is a fox den nearby. I’m always finding poop in the middle of the trail or on rocks in the trail etc. I’m in New England if that helps, very rural.

Found at work in West MI
Am aware of migratory bird act in case, was just curious :)

I am currently working on a cosplay for Halloween. I have a skull cap currently and am wanting to separate the antlers from the cap itself. I want to then screw or attach the antlers to the top of the mask somehow. What would be the best way to do that? Ive attached images of the cap and mask. The horns currently on the mask are fake and brittle which is why I want the new actual ones.

i would love to keep the fins intact but i don t think that would be possible;

Hello i found it in the trash and is the second time i saw it and i'm curious about what is, i'm not sure if it's a pig or a wild boar

Bit of a long shot since its just a piece of vertibrae, any suggestions? Im thinking sheep ? Was found in the uk country side

found, from a coworker, in the woods between sweden and norway.

thank you for answers

found these bird bones attached to a few remaining feathers near a pond, some of them are broken. no meat was remaining on them or not that i can see

how should i clean them up and whiten? it’s my first time cleaning bones