Vulture Culture
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#Vulture Culture Resources
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skull identification resources by Auma#8599
editor's note: please be sure to look in to your local animal part and animal bone laws! some things, like most birds are protected!!
MAMMALS:
- https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Mammalia/ - skulls and mandibles only. Although this site includes a range of fauna, I have found that the images of skulls tend to focus almost entirely on mammals. Includes good quality images of dentition.
- https://www.bien.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Skulls-of-Tasmania-Rainbird.pdf - key for identifying mammal skulls of Tasmania
- http://www.historicrivers.org/docs-links/mammal/key guide mammal skulls & lower jaws.pdf - a handy key for identifying mammals of North America
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259470212_An_Illustrated_Key_to_the_Mandibles_of_Small_Mammals_of_Eastern_Canada - key for mandibles of small mammals from Canada
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How to Whiten ||Bones||
https://www.oddarticulations.com/whitening101/
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Vulture Culture Resources
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Resources on how to pin insects by me
tw for ||dead insect|| mentions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6Ca3ZuSAws&ab_channel=QueenslandMuseumNetwork
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT5VGlSCtg4&ab_channel=thebrainscoop
https://www.thebutterflybabe.com/how-to
https://www.bugsdirect.com/blogs/entomology/105426822-how-to-start-pinning-butterflies-and-insects
Oregon State Universty search: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/search?search=pinning+insects
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Migratory Bird Treaty Act
Text written by @vague sand . Websites and editor's note by me
Cw for ||death||, ||animal harm||, ||bones||
This applies to US, Canada, Mexico, Russia and Japan. Not just the US! See the links below for what is legal and illegal to have.
The Migratory Bird Treaty Act (MBTA) makes it illegal without a waiver to pursue, hunt, take, capture, kill or sell birds listed as protected species. The statute does not discriminate between live or dead birds and also grants full protection to any bird parts including feathers, eggs and nests. Over 800 species are currently on the list.
Editor's note: This treaty act covers the whole bird which includes feathers and bones. This is because there is no way to prove how you obtained the feather/bone. Yes, you could've just found it on the ground, but it's also just as likely that you harmed the bird in order to grab the item. It is not allowed to keep and collect feathers and bones under this treaty.
Contrary to popular belief, most of the birds protected by the MBTA are not endangered. They are very common and abundant. But that was not the case when the MBTA was created back in 1918. Many common birds were being wiped out into extinction from people hunting them and collecting them & their eggs/nests for their collections. And people using the feathers in fashion. That's the misconception that most people don't understand now. The species that are alive now were saved from extinction by the MBTA. That's why they are so common and abundant now.
MBTA Website
Species protected under MBTA (updated 2023)
Species NOT protected under MBTA (updated 2020)
US Specific Laws
Other Bird-Related acts, laws, and treaties
State Animal Laws
Exporting/Importing Birds
International Laws
EU Birds Directive
Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)
WWF Asian Flyways Initiative
Convention of Conservation of Migratory Species
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
This is not a complete list, as every country has its own animal laws. Be diligent in your research.