Dog Skull Maceration OR Another Disturbing Project by Bio [WARNING: GRAPHIC PICS!!!]
- Thread starter BioHazard
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Week 2
Mmmm, bacterial soup. It is getting warm, and the bacteria have started colonizing the water, as you can see. You know that cloudy water yopu got the first time you cycled your aquarium? Same idea. Except in this case, it stays pretty cloudy. The different bacteria will do different things, and some will float around and feed off the byproducts of others.
Not much of an odor yet. Even when I sniffed right over the bucket, I couldn't smell much at all. That should change as decomposition picks up.
Mmmm, bacterial soup. It is getting warm, and the bacteria have started colonizing the water, as you can see. You know that cloudy water yopu got the first time you cycled your aquarium? Same idea. Except in this case, it stays pretty cloudy. The different bacteria will do different things, and some will float around and feed off the byproducts of others.
Not much of an odor yet. Even when I sniffed right over the bucket, I couldn't smell much at all. That should change as decomposition picks up.
Well, its been around three months. I haven't really checked in on it much, as I am not exactly doing the work here. I did decide to do a water change on it today, to help promote bacterial growth. Looks like I already have a lot!!! I don't know for sure, but that crazy blood red color immediately makes me think Serratia bacteria. Pretty crazy looking! I didn't really mess with the skull this time, as I know it isn't done yet. This heat wave should really be helping it along though.
Just opened...
Dumped most of the water, but left enough to establish the bacteria again. Look at those red walls!
Just opened...
Dumped most of the water, but left enough to establish the bacteria again. Look at those red walls!
I hope so. Seems like we had a slow start to the summer, and heat really drives this. I could put a aquarium heater in, but I would never want to use it on anything else. Luckily it is nice and HOT now. I am hoping he will be done by the end of the summer. If not, I might bury him until next summer.
Actually, the maggoty starling by the shed smells a LOT worse. I don't know why, but this has almost no odor, and I am honestly not sure what to make of that. I was expecting epic stank!
Cool, i think i threw up in my mouth a little with the last pics... but cool. I'll be keeping up even i i can't hold down my lunch when i see those pics. Not a good stomach for smells so halalua to the no smellivision yet.
One thing I noticed does a good job eating flesh is ghost shrimp. I had no more than six ghost shrimp eat an entire rosy red in two days leaving behind a full skeleton. I may try to do that again.
