Cleaning Skulls with Dermestid Beetles

Web Sites:

University of Alaska: http://www.uaf.edu/museum/mammal/Procedures_Manual/bugs_old.html
Skull Taxidermy:  where we purchased our dermestid beetles
A good one : http://www.calacademy.org/science_now/archive/wild_lives/dermestid.html
 


Preparing Skins and Pelts

Web Sites:
New Mexico State Univeristy, Extension: http://www.cahe.nmsu.edu/pubs/_l/l-103.html
Preparing a Squirrel Study Skin:http://dept.ju.edu/biology/khoover/StudentResearchPapers/studyskins.htm
Salt and Alum Tannage: http://www.fortunecity.com/silverstone/bonnet/25/id207.htm
Salt and Alum - Mississippi: http://www.msstate.edu/dept/poultry/rabslau.htm#pelts