My oddities part 1 - skulls & bones collection

I'm fascinated with all kinds of oddities, but when it comes to bones my heart definitely beats faster. Can't even explain why but there's something unique in them, something that reminds me the scent of the forest (especially in late autumn and winter), its silence and untamed wildness.

I started to collect them one year ago, truly by chance. I was picking mushrooms with my family and suddenly I found fox skull on the ground. I was pretty surprised because it's kinda rare to find animal skulls here in Poland. You have to know the woods very well and simply know where to look and believe me - it's not that easy :).
The other important thing is fear - the skull was very dirty, kinda eaten by bugs (it must have been there on the ground for some long time). I was afraid to take it home in order not to get any sickness. I searched the I-net for some informations about cleaning and preserving animal skulls and suddenly it turned out there's nothing to be afraid of, you just need to know step by step how to take care of them.

All skulls from my collections were found in the woods, except from cat skull I got as a present. My friend found dead kitty on the road at night (someone had to hit it by car, it's really frequent view, esp. in summer :( ... ). He took it home and clean it for me. It's really delicate and beautiful, look at those tiny teeth <3.

The collection is still growing, I want to have more skulls, esp. bird skulls, but getting them is super tough...

Do You also collect any oddities?:)

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ATTENTION - I'M NOT an animal KILLER, NONE of those animals were harmed or killed by me (I would never kill an animal to put his skull on my desk...). All of them were found in the woods.