I clicked on this comment thread just to remark on (complain about) how long this has been going, and now that I see it's over I feel somehow responsible. How ever will you follow up this series?
About 6 weeks back, As I was mowing the lawn in my back yard, I noticed a particular area had a slightly skunky smell to it. Every week I passed it by, made mental note of the smell, looked for dead critter in that area, and could never find anything.
Last week, as I was doing something different in a spot 20-30 feet away from the normal smell-spot, and I found the smells originator. Assumed to previously be a young skunk, it was now a dead McDonalds Playland for maggots. As I tried to use a stick to move the carcass into a waste bucket, the skin all sloughed off it, and the skull plunked out onto the ground.
2 to 3 inches in length, it glared at me with empty sockets, as it screamed - "YOU HAVE THE TOOLS. YOU HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE MY LIFE MEAN SOMETHING AGAIN!"
"Meh", I replied, as I gave a final tap to the skull to get it into the waste bucket, where its mess and smell and fly larve will become my garbage mans problem.
@stecker Yeah, and maybe get some small servo motors from whatever random toy next appears on Meh.com, stick some LEDs in the eye sockets, wire it all up to an arduino, and make it do something... like flash its eyes and make a "mwahahahah!!" sound (complete with proper jaw movements thanks to the servos) whenever someone walks by, or something.
BTW, what kind of skull is the other one that's on the mantel? Looks bigger than the possum skull, so... some sort of lizard maybe? And did you do the whole de-flesh/de-grease/etc. on that one too?
I never thought I would be sad to see a youtube series about a 'possum come to an end.
And it's over... :(
What's the bigger head In the video?
@BillLehecka - a coyote
I..I can't believe it's over now...
@bluejester stop no. Go find the one where the nose isn't dripping all the time.
@JazzyJosh But the nose drip is how you know he's reeeeallly sad.
Possum Head Chronicles, you will be in my heart, always...
That is what I call a job well done!
You should absolutely be proud of yourself, and of the result... I can't wait to see what comes next!
I clicked on this comment thread just to remark on (complain about) how long this has been going, and now that I see it's over I feel somehow responsible. How ever will you follow up this series?
I'm kind of sad this is over.
What iphone game was being played?
About 6 weeks back, As I was mowing the lawn in my back yard, I noticed a particular area had a slightly skunky smell to it. Every week I passed it by, made mental note of the smell, looked for dead critter in that area, and could never find anything.
Last week, as I was doing something different in a spot 20-30 feet away from the normal smell-spot, and I found the smells originator. Assumed to previously be a young skunk, it was now a dead McDonalds Playland for maggots. As I tried to use a stick to move the carcass into a waste bucket, the skin all sloughed off it, and the skull plunked out onto the ground.
2 to 3 inches in length, it glared at me with empty sockets, as it screamed - "YOU HAVE THE TOOLS. YOU HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE MY LIFE MEAN SOMETHING AGAIN!"
"Meh", I replied, as I gave a final tap to the skull to get it into the waste bucket, where its mess and smell and fly larve will become my garbage mans problem.
Have you already had your weekly collection? I know someone you could ship it to. (Hint: It's me)
@lowerone oh, and 2048
@lowerone Besides, "Skunk Head Chronicles" just doesn't have quite the same ring to it.
@matthew it's at the bottom of my garbage can. Festering. And smelly. No big deal for a fan of skulls I'm sure. Did i mention, I'm not?
You'd have to, like, triple-bag it for shipping
You should wire up and articulate the jaw.
@stecker Yeah, and maybe get some small servo motors from whatever random toy next appears on Meh.com, stick some LEDs in the eye sockets, wire it all up to an arduino, and make it do something... like flash its eyes and make a "mwahahahah!!" sound (complete with proper jaw movements thanks to the servos) whenever someone walks by, or something.
@dburr and then mount it on a roomba .
@ceagee yeeessssssssss.....
BTW, what kind of skull is the other one that's on the mantel? Looks bigger than the possum skull, so... some sort of lizard maybe? And did you do the whole de-flesh/de-grease/etc. on that one too?
@dburr scroll up, he answered that. Or I could just tell you he said it was a coyote.
Complete account of coyote cleaning here: http://www.woot.com/blog/post/i-cleaned-a-coyote-skull-repulsive-but-true
@matthew Your watch is on backwards! ;)
@jsh139 The watch looks perfectly normal to me.