Red Jawbone Keychain at Animal Autopsy

Raccoon bone pendants and jawbone keychains at my new shop, Animal Autopsy!

I’ve been talking about doing this for a while now, and today I finally opened up a shop on Etsy! It’s called Animal Autopsy, and while I’m still working on more stuff I’ve got 11 listings at the moment and I’d love it if anyone wanted to check it out and tell me what you think. I’m just asking for a look, so please do not feel pressured into buying anything!

(Also, if any of my pals have their own Etsy and would like me to add their shop to my favourites, please let me know!)

Another example of a raccoon skull buried in soil that left it with a rusty colour. I’m thinking it must be a high iron content in the dirt? It looks great and it lasts even after cleaning, as with this skull.

Unfortunately, this one has some heavy damage to all but one of its canine teeth, which was probably due to being struck by a vehicle.

Freshly exhumed raccoon bones! I’m unsure what the little round hole in the skull is, though I suspect it’s the result of scavengers pecking through the skull. Additional note, the brown-red colour comes from the soil I buried it in, and unless I were to bleach it, it retains that hue even when cleaned!

[Edit]: Because folks have showed very understandable concern about it, I want to assure that I did not shoot this animal. I found it dead already (of what I still think is most likely a road collision given the location), buried it, and let nature take care of the rest until I dug it up. The location of the hole does raise suspicion of a firearm, particularly a pellet gun, but I’m still not sure of this. Again, such concern is completely understandable, and I like that people would care about such a thing and check in!