Got a new skull

Discussion in 'Free Thoughts' started by Varda, May 12, 2007.

  1. Varda The Bug Lady Valued Senior Member

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    The fiance and I were coming back home on monday and we saw a dead dog in the center garden of a street near home, it was all swollen and disgusting.

    I thought some public cleaning service people would have picked it up by now, but when we passed by today it was still there. It had dehydrated a lot though, and it was mostly eaten.

    Then when we moved it, a multitude of maggots started to crawl out of it, it was pretty sickening/gross/awesome. I picked up a branch and used it to separate the skull from the spine, but the skin was still very tough, like leather.

    So we went into the walmart nearby and picked up plastic bags and an utility knife. The fiance cut the skin off for me and I put it in the bag.

    It's in my balcony. Tomorrow I'll take it to my parent's house to bury and finish the decomposition... shouldn't take long. I'd take pictures, but i don't feel like dealing with a rotten maggot full dog head at the moment, I have to make cookies for mother's day. I'll get pics tomorrow when I bury it.


    Cliffs:
    -found a dead dog
    -the fiance and I cut its head off and put it in a bag
    -I'll bury it tomorrow for decomposing and I'll take pics
     
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  3. draqon Banned Banned

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    ..."disgusting?...whats wrong with you?",...I thought. But than this life is short...I guess going chestnuts is reasonable in some way. Is there a purpose in the necromancy decapitation?
     
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  5. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    Err.... what for?
     
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  7. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    I wish they had dead dogs lying around here, but everything is too efficient and clean.

    what kind of dog was it? It could be interesting to get a collection of all the breeds like a typical craniologist had a collection of skulls of all the 'races' in the 19th century.
     
  8. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    Sounds like your fiance has a strong stomach. I remember having to locate and get rid of a dead kitten once; the smell was overpowering!

    Do you add lime to hasten the decomposition?
     
  9. francois Schwat? Registered Senior Member

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    So you're only taking the skull? Why not the whole thing?

    Where do you put all of your skeletons? I hope not in your closet.

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  10. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    I would be cool to have a dog skull chair.
     
  11. leopold Valued Senior Member

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    just what do you say to a woman that posts a sentence like that?
     
  12. GeoffP Caput gerat lupinum Valued Senior Member

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    James...just smile and back away slowly. Varda's always looking for skulls, and my impression is that she's not too particular.

    If I were the fiancée, I have to say I wouldn't be pushing the prenup too hard, if you follow me.
     
  13. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    Wash your hands?
     
  14. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    Good call GeoffP, if he likes hats, but she never buys him any, he should smell trouble.
     
  15. spuriousmonkey Banned Banned

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    One room at work has a bench full of skulls belonging to different species. They scan the jaws to transfer them into a 3D picture. It's nice to look at them.
     
  16. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    I understand that skulls have been hot in some haute interior decorating circles lately.
     
  17. S.A.M. uniquely dreadful Valued Senior Member

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    I have DXA scans of rats, I'll convert them to images and post them, maybe Monday
     
  18. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    Maybe varda could sell her skulls (not fiance's) to haute interior designers.
     
  19. Varda The Bug Lady Valued Senior Member

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    I have a collection
     
  20. Varda The Bug Lady Valued Senior Member

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    To satisfy the curiosity of those who want to look at it.
     
  21. Nickelodeon Banned Banned

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    Do you have any cat skulls? They are cool.
     
  22. IceAgeCivilizations Banned Banned

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    I like armadillo skulls.
     
  23. Oli Heute der Enteteich... Registered Senior Member

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    I've got a human skull.
     

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