The atoms that make up my body aren’t mine, It’s just my time to use them.

I’m about to be handed a whole moose head, meat eyes fur and all. Any tips on a good way of cleaning it? I’m thinking about burying it and mark the spot and just hope for the best. Though of course degrease and bleach it afterwards. Also probably going to get a hare aswell.

Damn, that’s gonna be a huge project. I definitely suggest skinning and flensing the head first, because that will expedite the process since there won’t be as much meat to get off afterward. Flensing means you’re going to take a sharp knife or scalpel and cut away as much flesh as possible, removing the eyes, tongue, and anything else you can without damaging the bone.

After that you’ll have a few different ways to go- you could bury it, but depending on where you are it might be starting to get too cold for that to work quickly. You could also set it out in the open and let the bugs handle it, but you run the risk of bothering your neighbors if you have close ones or it being damaged by animals. The easiest way (outside of dermestid beetles) is to put it in a heated container with water and let the flesh rot away. It’s a smelly process and it takes a while, especially with such a large skull, but as long as you have a source of heat it should go relatively quickly.

I’ve seen some large heated buckets for livestock water containers at the local farm supply store, so that might be a good way to go. You could also use a large plastic tote with a fish tank heater.

my dog had to get some teeth pulled bc she’s nine and has never been to the dentist, and now she’s moping and giving us betrayed eyes but the vet was incredible and let me keep the bits they extracted and I’m so excited

they’re all gross and stanky and I’m gonna let them soak in some soap water and then diluted peroxide, see if that cleans em up

roachpatrol:

unsolicited vulture advice: purse-size mini-kit

-small (legal) folding knife
-3oz bottle of hand sanitizer
-packet of tissues
-quartsize ziplock baggies (3)
-latex gloves (4-6)
-empty pill bottle
-rubber bands to keep supplies rolled up tight
-cute pencil or makeup case to keep supplies together in

this amount of stuff should let you snag and transport vulture finds as small as a dead bug (in the pill bottle) or as big as a dead pigeon (quart bag) or raccoon skull. read up on local laws to know what you can’t collect and how small your knife should be!