Skulls were found rotting on beach. Need to know the best way to clean and bleach/preserve them? I have about 6 gallons of Hyd. Peroxide 40% (hair dresser stuff). After cleaning most of the flesh off, do we just peroxide them , or is there more to it , like slowly boiling them. Man , they sure stink, so please hurry!
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Walrus skulls/tusks found from dead animals CAN be kept as long as they are registered. Not that's Alaska and I'm not at all sure that this one wasn't from Canada or Europe someplace, so I don't guess the FBI stands for much. Here in Delaware, we use it to describe the tourists from our western neighbor. You know, ------- Baltimore Idiots.
NEVER BOIL IVORY. Just live with the stench awhile. It'll eventually go away. Then IF you have to bleach it, bleach JUST THE SKULL BONES. Stay away from the ivory.
Well, thank you for your concern FBI, But here in Alaska, you CAN keep Walrus tusk that you find DEAD on the beach... as long as you get it registered. And ( I say jokingly, with all that it takes just to find one, get to it and then get it home.. it should be a reward!lol)
Joe, I wouldn't boil the skull, bag it in plastic and place where the sun can hit it but critters won't get to it. After a couple of weeks hose it down good- most flesh will fall away. If it's not clean bag again another week or 2. When it's good and clean then peroxide it without the ivory. Enjoy, Aaron H.
I asked a similar question several weeks ago about getting the tusks out of the skull. I have soaked mine for 5 weeks and boiled them and they still won't come out. And yes they are tagged with paper work.