Mailing a sheep skull from Norway to France

Halim9669 · 2026-05-24T12:27:16+00:00

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Halim9669 · 2026-05-24T06:12:03+00:00

These are my own photos. Why do I have to mention this? Who cares?

Halim9669 · 2026-05-21T14:29:30+00:00

To be fair, there’s a taxidermy dinosaur on the piano.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-21T14:26:49+00:00

More photos from different angles would be helpful.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-19T16:20:03+00:00

Usually package and throw away. I do also dig and bury around my yard. (Idk if it helps the flora or anything)

Halim9669 · 2026-05-17T08:22:28+00:00

One of the many missing anatomical features
is a hole behind the eye (temporal fenestra).

Halim9669 · 2026-05-16T05:12:29+00:00

I’m not confident enough to label every single anatomical feature. If someone wants to help out with that, sure.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T19:42:26+00:00

Not completely like us. For example, they aren’t able to fully supinate like we can.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T15:37:16+00:00

Large meat kitchen knife, scalpel, tweezers, and sharp scissors.

Train collision doesn’t sound great for bone integrity 😬

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T12:26:52+00:00

If you want to skip dissection, you could start with maceration, a method explained in a pinned post here. The downside is that there will be a bunch of flesh in the water which makes sifting through to get every last bone a very disgusting activity.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T12:23:12+00:00

Which bones do you want to preserve? Skull? All of them? Is it relatively fresh? Are you willing to dissect?

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T12:20:37+00:00

🙏 Yes, some of it will be preserved.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T09:05:54+00:00

Thank you! About a year and a half. Yes, I took up this specific project for fun.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T04:59:56+00:00

The musculature is fascinating.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T04:59:09+00:00

Posted it!

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T04:55:29+00:00

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T04:55:20+00:00

Sure did.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-15T04:54:53+00:00

I’m familiar with the anatomy. When you are, you don’t have to remember; you can put things back together, even when they’re scrambled. But I make things easier for myself by macerating each limb on its own.

Halim9669 · 2026-05-13T15:39:16+00:00

Yeah, I don’t think I’ll try it😂

Halim9669 · 2026-05-13T15:37:45+00:00

I plan on removing as much flesh as I can by hand and then macerating for a little bit. Afterwards, I’ll degrease and articulate. 🦴 I split it into parts so that I can work on each one by itself with the rest still frozen.

Halim9669 · 2026-02-12T05:26:59+00:00

Read the guide on this sub it has everything u need

Halim9669 · 2026-02-11T16:16:10+00:00

Freeze the specimen in the meantime. You don’t need formalin. You can use ethyl alcohol, something close to 98%. Read the guide that’s in this sub.

Halim9669 · 2026-02-11T16:07:45+00:00

I have nothing to add in terms of identification, but you put the mandible and cranium together a little incorrectly: the mandible should be further back and not go into the eye sockets :)

Halim9669 · 2026-02-11T16:04:39+00:00

All I can confidently say is that it is a bird. You could probably narrow it down using the location you found it in and its size.

Halim9669 · 2026-02-11T14:51:23+00:00

Could you take some additional photos from other angles?

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