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Post by Pangolinmoth on Mar 13, 2011 19:41:25 GMT
Here are some pics of my skull collection. These are my nicer ones, but far from the full collection. Most everything else is in storage or at my folks house. Awesome skulls not shown are my Springbok, Bison, Pronghorn, Horse, Goat, Coyote, and Opossum. I'll get around to those one of these days but until then, Enjoy!!    Bonus Cookie to anyone who can name them all!! |
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Post by Himmapaan on Mar 13, 2011 19:54:48 GMT
Brilliant!  |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 14, 2011 18:17:39 GMT
Nice !
I have a couple skulls I might be persuaded to part with..though you may already have them if this is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak..lol
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Mar 14, 2011 19:21:15 GMT
Nice ! I have a couple skulls I might be persuaded to part with..though you may already have them if this is just the tip of the iceberg so to speak..lol I'm always looking for species I don't have a representative of. What you got? |
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Post by gwangi on Mar 14, 2011 21:56:19 GMT
Cool collection, got some real exotic ones there. I also collect skulls but most of mine are local wild and domestic animals. Some of my favorites include a pig, star nosed mole, pickerel and bat, I'll have to post pictures some time.
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Post by crazycrowman on Mar 15, 2011 8:03:40 GMT
Nice  I too have the skull itch, and my brother in law has a large dermestid colony, so I have some nice articulations as well. Naming will be tough, but I'll give it a go - Top - Some sort of Owl ? (Barred maybe? - the angle makes this one tough for me), Salthingyer Crocodile, Male Baboon, Some kind of Gull (Ringbill?) Grizzly. Next - Pronghorn? Cow Above bottom - Monkfish? Otter, Bobcat, Raccoon, Coyote, Beaver. Bottom - Rabbit, Tiger, Another Salty, Black Bear, Woodchuck. So, how close am I? |
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Mar 15, 2011 10:25:23 GMT
Pretty close!
Top shelf: hawk, Nile Croc, don't know what kind of gull, lion
Middle: White tail, cow
Above bottom: spot on!
Bottom: all right except not a tiger, it's a sea lion.
You get a cookie anyway!
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Post by Horridus on Mar 15, 2011 12:11:06 GMT
Great collection. Ah, how I long to hold them...
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 15, 2011 17:33:46 GMT
No Dinosaur skull ? ;D
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Post by Horridus on Mar 15, 2011 21:09:13 GMT
Sure there are, as long as you don't mind them avian  |
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Post by Blade-of-the-Moon on Mar 16, 2011 0:04:44 GMT
Sure there are, as long as you don't mind them avian lol..not what I meant.. ;D |
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Post by crazycrowman on Mar 16, 2011 0:47:54 GMT
Pretty close! Top shelf: hawk, Nile Croc, don't know what kind of gull, lion Middle: White tail, cow Above bottom: spot on! Bottom: all right except not a tiger, it's a sea lion. You get a cookie anyway! Thanks! I bet I'd have gotten a few of those (The sea lion & lion) right had the teeth been present. Thats a really strange looking hawk skull. Do you know what species? |
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Mar 16, 2011 2:18:39 GMT
Pretty close! Top shelf: hawk, Nile Croc, don't know what kind of gull, lion Middle: White tail, cow Above bottom: spot on! Bottom: all right except not a tiger, it's a sea lion. You get a cookie anyway! Thanks! I bet I'd have gotten a few of those (The sea lion & lion) right had the teeth been present. Thats a really strange looking hawk skull. Do you know what species? No, and I could be wrong. The eye sockets look way larger due to a good chunk of "cheek" bone missing so that may lend itself to the owl appearance. But I really don't know for sure. I'll post better pics soon and we can all make better guesses then. |
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Post by Griffin on Mar 16, 2011 2:44:37 GMT
Wow yeah the grizzly skull really threw me. The absence of teeth really can be confusing!
Any chance that hawk skull could be something like a nightjar?
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Post by crazycrowman on Mar 16, 2011 8:18:49 GMT
"Any chance that hawk skull could be something like a nightjar?"
Too large for anything North American. I initially thought hawk, and then decided owl, mostly because of the size of the orbits. Its most likely a hawk (the nasal area really looks hawk-ish to me) just broken up some and thus tricking us into thinking its something else. Could even be a nestling/fledgeling, as that would affect shape too.
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Post by Griffin on Mar 16, 2011 16:31:27 GMT
Oh true I guess if it was a younger animal the proportions could be a little different. What about something more falcon-like? Its just that the beak looks so small.
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Post by Pangolinmoth on Mar 16, 2011 17:24:52 GMT
Oh true I guess if it was a younger animal the proportions could be a little different. What about something more falcon-like? Its just that the beak looks so small. The beak looks small because it's missing the outer sheath. |
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I too have the skull itch, and my brother in law has a large dermestid colony, so I have some nice articulations as well.
