A few years ago, I discovered the remains of a raccoon along my daily walk. I am unsure of its fate, but I would assume a car was involved. The body was a very short distance off the sidewalk in heavy brush. I covered it, marked the location, and allowed the elements to do their job. I watched over the remains, checking in on the status of the decomposition over many months. Finally, when the skull was free of organic remains, I harvested it and the jaw and brought it home. I cleaned the skull and got it ready to be reassembled. The skull sat as a pile of teeth, jaws, and skull for a while on top of my flatfile. Over the weekend, I finally removed this job from my mental to-do list and put the teeth I still had into the skull and assembled the jaw and got it ready for display. Now that it is all done, I thought I would share some images of it.
That's all for another exciting Monday on the blog. See you back here on Wednesday! Until then...




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