Remember when I said I got myself an early Christmas present? Meet Sundance! He’s a white
Remember when I said I got myself an early Christmas present? Meet Sundance! He’s a white-nosed coati, a member of the Procyonidae family. I purchased him from Skull’s Unlimited and he’s a complete skeleton, he’s got all of his fingers, toes, claws, baculum, hyoid, etc.He’s also got… Something. It would seem at first glance that he’s just an old animal with vertebrae fused together from arthritis but his bones are absolutely bizarre, especially his skull. Some of his teeth are literally being carried away and moved by bone growths.I’ve never seen this kind of pathology before, and a lot of his bones are covered in warts and bumps, like one of those colorful gourds you see for sale around Halloween. Next time my dog has an appointment with the vet I think I’ll bring Sundance’s skull along and ask if my vet knows what could be going on with him.But if anyone else has any ideas, I’d love to hear your input!Oh also, I got this with my order!I’m not sure if all of them look the same but I was super excited to see a skeleton of my favorite animal on the back! I showed my mom and she was VERY excited about it so I let her scratch it off and I won a free mystery skull with my next purchase of $100 or more! I’ve never gotten one of these scratch cards before and I have no idea when they started doing these but it was a super neat surprise. -- source link
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