bichir teeth

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meghanashley;3531092; said:
I have a decomposing bichir right now, that skull looks sick, I never knew they had multiple rows of teeth, can't wait to be able to dig him up and have a look.

Thats a great skull pic Simon, one of yours?
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you burried it... :wall:
now you run the risk of it decomposing so much that it will fall apart as you resurface it, and you gotta wait a long ass time before its a complete skele.

you shoulda just dried it out in the sun. woulda taken about 3 days to be a complete pile of bones in direct sunlight. >_<

ADD: even worse, i read you put it in a wooden box, which means no moisture can escape. when creatures die, they have juices that spill from the body (blood, rotting flesh etc). and having none of that fluid/moisture escape means your box will be full of web-like mold and cluster **** the bones in the process. the trick to a fast and well-preserved skeleton is heat and dryness. thats why animal skeletons are consistent on the surface of deserts and not rainforests where decomposition is taken care of by maggots, bacteria and acids, while moisture and dirt erode the bone till its brittle, crumbles turns to dust.
 
^ ok, I never claimed to be experienced at doing this :) , I just thought it would be cool to dig him up. His coffin had a ton of decretive holes in it, but where he is buried there is a considerable amount of moisture. He's been under ground for two months now. Not sure how long I should wait to bring him up, or what the results will be but I'll make sure to post.

I used to hang out with this kid when I was little (like 8) and he would collect rotting animals (not sure if all of them were found dead) and he would bleach them or whatever and display the skulls. Guess I should have taken more notes from him, but then again due to some other disturbing behaviors I'ld wager thats he's most likely locked up or dead .... or at least I hope so, for the saftey of others.

Next beloved pet I'll make sure to do it properly. I kind of also always wanted to have one stuffed and then put it where ever you would normally see that pet. i.e. dog waiting at the door tail frozen in a happily wagging manner. Bichir in his favorite cave poking his jead out waiting for feeding time.
 
meghanashley;3557454; said:
Next beloved pet I'll make sure to do it properly..
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lol reading that and looking at your default pic matched up like bread and butter.

but its ok mate, it's just that i wanted to see it NOW. lol and you took the longest method to mummify.
 
I've a bit of experience in making teaching specimens as far as skeletal preparation is concerned. I could probably put a "how to" together if people would be interested.
 
LRM;3590808; said:
I've a bit of experience in making teaching specimens as far as skeletal preparation is concerned. I could probably put a "how to" together if people would be interested.
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I would, I just dug mine up, completely deteriorated. I only could find two skull fragments.
 
hello,

sometimes the bichir's teeth are pretty well to see ... i've shot some pics of really vivid bichirs showing their teeth.

lapradei14.jpg


laps do have a more symmetrical order of their rows of teeth ...

cong001.jpg


congicus do have a symmetrical lower jaw when looking at the teeth, the upper jaw seems to be a bit chaotic.

i hope these pics will help to show a bit more about these bichir teeth ...

greetings
uwe
 
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