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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 08:48 AM
Drying out triggerfish skull


Sooo...I saved the skull from a good size trigger. Looking for techniques to "skeletonize" it.
Tried boiling the last one and wound up with a pot o'bones

Looking for ideas...
living in Arizona, I assume the sun will be my new friend...any hints

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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 08:48 AM


let it sit for a few weeks where the critters won't get it.



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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 08:53 AM


I used to dry/clean shark jaws by wiring them to a fence post or bush on the ground and letting the ants do the work.......



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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 09:13 AM


ants will help clean things up a little
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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 09:26 AM


I left mine in the sun, they stink for a long time.
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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 09:46 AM


I'm with the sun crowd. The stink will stop, eventually.
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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 09:59 AM


Ants , yellowjackets , crayfish , dermestid beetles are your friends.

I wouldn't boil anything but soaking it occasionally could help

I think I would try various types of ants nests . Maybe put a weighted srceened box over the fish and ants to keep it from being carried off by a cat , coyote or coon and let them do the work.

How about posting some photos of your progress?

Fish heads are cool
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[*] posted on 8-25-2013 at 10:03 AM


yes pictures...
and progress

I would like to do that too...

the smell...my swordfish bill took 25 years to stop stinking




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