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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

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 .
kids would love it the jaw of a dog!

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.