Hi
One of the students found a jaw bone on an excursion to the beach - looks likely to be from a dog. I have been asked to preserve it. What is the best way to go about this? It is pretty old - no flesh, but is a bit smelly. Still has a few teeth attached.
kathryn
bone preservation
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dolphinscales
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Re: bone preservation
No idea but maybe you could ring your capital city muesem and ask there they are bound to have some one who can help you with that 
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kids would love it the jaw of a dog!
.kids would love it
the jaw of a dog!-
ellice
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Re: bone preservation
We just had Year 8 return from Kangaroo Valley with a skull. Think it's a kangaroo!! Anyway, I put it in a beaker of water and stewed it on low heat for most of the day, then gave it a good scrub with a test tube brush. Looks terrific.
