And along the "hope the neighbors don't see" vein
I was digging up a cougar skull from my backyard one day, when my
elderly next door neighbor looks over the fence (clearly not high enough!)
and says "What are you doing?". I looked at the dirty but quite round skull
in my hands, thinking it looks remarkably human-like unless you can see the
teeth. To add to my consternation, this neighbor is very deaf, and to make
her hear I will have to shout back my answer. In the end, I said I was
digging in the garden and she went off with a rather puzzled look on her
face. I spent the next little while cleaning the skull, wondering if the
police were going to be knocking on the door shortly. They never did, but
to this day I wonder what she thought I was doing!
Cheers, Becky
----- Original Message -----
From: "Curl,Julie" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] processing specimens
> Hello Everyone,
>
> Thank you to everyone for information on processing, it's been really
> interesting and very much appreciated. I'm getting a Barbary Ape from a
> zoo at the weekend and keen to get this processed as fast as possible.
> I'm hopeless at de-fleshing anything, so will try the horse manure in a
> plastic tub method. Assuming that my neighbours don't see me in the
> garden boxing a dead ape with horse manure and have me arrested, I shall
> report back on how long the processing takes...
>
> Best wishes, Julie
>
>
>
> Julie Curl AIFA
> Faunal Remains Specialist/Graphics Assistant
> NAU Archaeology
> Scanic House
> 85, Mountergate
> Norwich. NR1 1PY
>
> Tel: 01603 756178
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