Bad sinuses...

[wooly]

I'm running a little behind with my skull projects this year.
I broke them out today to see where I was at on them all when I noticed the weird bone covering over the deadhead find in the middle.
I've never seen anything like that before and just noticed it when I looked at them all together!

Weird!

 

 

[wdswtr]

I could very well be wrong and just going on memory of caping out skulls in the past, but I believe there is a soft bone tissue in place like that middle skull.  But it deteriorates rather quickly and when I hit mine with a pressure washer it blew that soft bone/tissue whatever it is right away.  

[wooly]

I could very well be wrong and just going on memory of caping out skulls in the past, but I believe there is a soft bone tissue in place like that middle skull.  But it deteriorates rather quickly and when I hit mine with a pressure washer it blew that soft bone/tissue whatever it is right away.  

 

There is a "skin-like" membrane under the cape, but not a single skull I've ever skinned had a bone plate over the sinus cavity.

I know what your talking about, but NEVER have I seen it covered with bone.

[G-Man]

Calcification of sinus cartalidge. .. was healthy deer and could of taken the calcium from that for next year's rack..... just a guess but sounds good...lol

[wooly]

Calcification of sinus cartalidge. .. was healthy deer and could of taken the calcium from that for next year's rack..... just a guess but sounds good...lol

 

That might explain why one of his antlers was broken off when I found him.

Too much calcium concentrated in the sinus cavity instead of the antlers,lol