Posted purely for the freakish, ick, what is it factor.... A mole.... found on my stone steps in the backyard, standing just as you see him, thought he was still alive... Thought it was a mouse and then realized it had no eyes.... Still had fleas living on it though.... Took him inside, took a few real crappy pics... now currently in a can... decomposing.... I want his bones for photographs.

Wow! And ew! Don't see those too often..

Don't keep the can air tight. You need some air flow so the maggots can survive to strip the bones. You also need cheesecloth over the openings so the flies can't get out.

'chelle - you know, I could have gone for a while longer without knowing you do stuff like this. :) hahahaha

where's the quarter so we can see how big it is? hmmm... i wonder if i can sell cow & other critter bones on ebay... just thinking out loud... i mean if these's a demand & all

I think you could boil it to remove the flesh or at least help. And then you'ld have a tasty mole stew too. OK, I'm in a really bad taste mood today and if you ate that stew you'ld be in a bad taste mood too.

His bones for photographs?! 8-| Sweet woman ;)

lol, you have warped my fragile little mind ;) Mole Stew!! He'd be better in a curry I'm sure :D

lol, watch out Ale, just in case Michelle decides to make a Wind in the willows shot, apart from a Badger and a Toad, there was a ratto too;) @ Michelle, you need to get out more:P

shivers :(

ugh, maybe I shouldn't of opened. lol. jk. I've never seen a mole, but I sure this is the last picture from you that we will see you morbid moderator. lol. Look forward to all creepiness involved. ;)

Quick, cook it before it liquifys... Toad in the Mole for tea.

Don't boil it, the tender bones could melt by... if it helps, I can suggest you putting it into the oven to bake... but I think Daddy wouldn't very happy about the idea... make him outside of home first :-) Then I suggest making some moves to preserve bones from crushing (something like putting them into a "limy solution" -- hell knows what it is, something that my translator gave me), but you better ask about it in your biology class :-) I can't wait to see this bone pictures! Good luck!

Yeah I don't think Daddy would be to happy either :~) ... I'm really not much into picking a dead creatures innards apart or having to clean away the mess.... so I think I'll just follow MGD's advice and let mother nature and the maggots do their job... :~) Limy solution? Must be talking about lime.... not sure exactly how it works, but I think it speeds up the decomposition process.... Cynlee.... funny cause I was wondering if there might be anyone selling animal bones on ebay.... I love skulls! And would love to start a collection. I would gladly buy them from you.... seriously.

dead moles and a skulls racket....lol...here i was thinking that the photography forum was a quiet place to chill out :)) used to get a lot of these back home including rats, frogs/toads. all thanks to the local dogs and snakes...lol

I once did that with a bat. Much easier to compose the bones. You'll have fun with this one. Now where is me scalpel?????? The stew sounds yummy.

For some reason this whole thread reminds me of "Ghostbusters 2" ... Peter Venkman: "Sheesh! You guys do this at night when I'm not here?" :)

I went online to ebay.... they do have animal bones there... LOL! You ready to make some money Cindy?

Michelle - Gory as it may seem, take a look at www.sandygardner.co.uk - She is a young British digital artist who sometimes uses animal bones/skulls in her work. I think she drops them on the scanner and works from there. Go have a look-see!! Dave

Attached Link: http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~atman/ic/lutefisk.html

> Limy solution? Must be talking about lime.... not sure > exactly how it works, but I think it speeds up the > decomposition process.... If it's quicklime, it would dessicate the ... umm ... sample and prevent the decomposition. After all, that is how lutefisk is preserved. I recall a discussion on the SCA cooks list about lutefisk ... someone asked if all of the sauces for lutefisk were white ... someone else replied, "You eat lutefisk? I thought it was the manhood test." Oh well, food for thought, I guess.

Thanks for the link Dave..... beautiful work in there! @ MGD .... Ewwwwwww!!!! Ketchup on a KitKat Bar?! Now that's a sin!

Thanks for your comment, but I didn't write the informative article on lutefisk. Perhaps the author was supplying a metaphor that would lead to the lutefisk experience without having to actually go there.

LOL! Believe me, I was gagging as I read it.... acckk

I have also heard a story about a mole. It was a Saturday ... a cocktail party was planned for the afternoon. As the lawn mowing completed, the man of the house observed a dead mole -- probably killed by the mower. He thought about doing a taxidermy project and put it into the refrigerator for now. Later, with the party in full swing and drinks freely available, his wife went into the kitchen to get the second batch of appetizers. There was a loud shriek and he went to the kitchen to see what was wrong. His wife vigorously objected to the mole crawling through the aspic. Seems the mole was not dead, merely stunned. (memories of Monty Python)

sorry... i never got back here to answer... but yes! what would you like 'chelle... cow or goat as an early b-day present :]