Caution: This blog contains graphic images such as, but not limited to, animal blood, gore, visible muscles and organs, and dismemberment. All of the dead animals I work with are found in nature and ethically obtained. I have not and will not kill any animals for my collection, nor do I sponsor the killing of animals for the purposes of collecting. Enjoy!
My name is Rachel. 22. bone collector, nature lover, and student from Virginia.
Wish to contact me? Email me at littlelifebender@gmail.com
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Background is "I Can Fly to Heaven" by Skybase.
We found this cicada whose abdomen had been eaten off but was still alive. Strange.
Asshole of the Day for May 20, 2013: Mark Obenshain
The Virginia GOP is lining up an all-asshole lineup for this year’s elections. At the top of the ticket, for governor they’ve got Ken Cuccinelli, who still wants to jail people for sodomy even though the Supreme Court says he can’t.
Then in the lt. lovernor spot they’ve got E.W. Jackson, who compares Planned Parenthood to the KKK.
But it’s their candidate for attorney general, Virginia state Sen. Mark Obenshain, that stands out today. He has proposed a law requiring women to report miscarriages to the police within 24 hours. There’s no law against miscarriages, so he just wants police to make sure women feel bad enough about it.
So much for GOP outreach!
Fuck you. Fuck you. FUCK you. Not in my fucking state you’re not.
The cicadas are singing this morning.
In case you’re wondering, cicadas love beech trees and maple trees.
Nothing like spending an afternoon cleaning bones together.
Mental note-
Currently macerating:
Micoa and Melahuac
One doe
Two bucks
Currently in peroxide:
One buck
Anonymous bones
Waiting for maceration/peroxide:
Three battlefield does
Deer carcasses from my neighbor
8 point buck skull (skeleton currently macerating, how fit skull? halp plx)
Cat (still needs prepping)
Other anonymous bones
Yep.
I’m kinda digging this bucket. Lets me have two separate specimens going at the same time.
Just some things we found tonight. Tons of cicadas coming up again tonight. Also, a female wolf spider with her egg sack and a ring necked snake who was trying to get inside my garage.
