hellhound (affectionate)

Added symmetry to my wild canid skull shelf

I now have this gorgeous coyote skull (Canis latrans)

I feel very fortunate to say I’ve worked with 3 of these species in my career: coyotes, grey wolves and red foxes - not so much the black backed jackal since they’re not often in zoological facilities.

I had to get in on this trend.

I love my wolfie 🥰

Holy crap I just bought an ethically sourced grey wolf skull at the Oddities and Curiosities Expo 🤯 with CITES paperwork.

This is a big deal for me here in Australia because I could never have thought obtaining a wild canid skull from Canada was even possible with our strict quarantine laws.

I also grabbed a black backed jackal skull - ethically sourced from Africa - to display with the red fox skull I found and cleaned up about 10 years ago.

I’m so so excited to have these canid skulls. I can’t stop staring at them they’re just gorgeous!!!!

These are so special and so incredible and I’m so happy I found them at the expo today!

They’re on display with the beautifully preserved skull of my partner’s cat, who died of cancer a few years ago.

I don’t know if I’d ever have my pets skulls preserved but I respect his wishes and I think she’s beautiful on display there.