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Halloween is on the way!
People always thought that The Bone Room's big holiday must be Halloween - and though we love the dark holiday, we really only have a few Halloween-centric items on offer. We also thought you might want to indulge in a little Halloween Reading...
Even more exciting, the paperback edition of Mary Roach's Fuzz is now available, and we have signed copies for our Bone Room customers! This rollicking book will educate you as to the difference between mountain lion and bear wounds, the wicked ways of crows, and how to keep urban wildlife from ruining your urban life.
We also have a number of other (signed with spiky signature) Mary Roach books: Signed Mary Roach Books |
It's been a long time since we've had raccoon dog skulls, but we found a source for these interesting canids. They have 'raccoon' in their names because of their mask-markings, but they are really more related to foxes. Originally from Indonesia, these specimens hail from Finland - they've emigrated successfully throughout much of Europe. Their skull structure is quite different from our European and American foxes. The backs of the skulls are rugose (one of Ron's favorite words), and the third incisor can be interestingly shaped, veering off to one side instead of growing straight up.
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We promised some souvenirs from our British holiday; most of them have not yet arrived, but we do have these Britly humorous totes to offer. The British have long loved their images of anthropomorphic cats (and dogs), and this generation of humorous cat pics follows in that tradition.
And now, a word from Texas:
BONE ROOM TEXAS
Living here just north of Dallas it is hard to believe that American alligators live in the wild in this state and apparently in my area. Being a California girl I'm not sure I like that so much but I do forget that we border Louisiana after all and it is the home of the largest alligator farms in the country so I had better get used to it.
American alligators have made a stunning population bounce back from having once been on the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to now being of "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature or IUCN
The American Alligator skulls and dried heads that we have here on the site are the byproduct of alligators raised on farms for meat and hides in Louisiana.
American alligators have made a stunning population bounce back from having once been on the Endangered Species Act of 1973 to now being of "Least Concern" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature or IUCN
The American Alligator skulls and dried heads that we have here on the site are the byproduct of alligators raised on farms for meat and hides in Louisiana.
Ron Cauble, founder of The Bone Room, was obsessed with inclusions in amber. At Fossil and Mineral Shows he would typically be found seated at an amber dealer's booth, a great pile of amber pieces before him, peering through a loupe at the world inside each piece.
Over the years, some of the pieces were sold to collectors and scientists (most notably, to George Poinar, recognized amber expert and author) - but Ron was always a better collector than salesman, and his collection grew to museum backroom proportions.
Finally we are getting a good start on cataloging and photographing his enormous collection of amber and copal, and offering this work of love and obsession to the public. We think Ron would approve.
Over the years, some of the pieces were sold to collectors and scientists (most notably, to George Poinar, recognized amber expert and author) - but Ron was always a better collector than salesman, and his collection grew to museum backroom proportions.
Finally we are getting a good start on cataloging and photographing his enormous collection of amber and copal, and offering this work of love and obsession to the public. We think Ron would approve.
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