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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Kairo,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Thank you for your response. The skeleton is not from a reptile; it’s from an Asiatic lion. The bones appear to be very white and somewhat with fat (I’ve attached a picture), but the smell is too strong to place them in the preservation room. Currently, all
the pieces are outside, waiting for the odor to dissipate. I wonder if there is a product that could eliminate the smell, such as ammonia, but after applying (immersion) it for seven consecutive days, I haven’t achieved good results, and I don’t want to risk
degrading the bones with chemicals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Sergio<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">De:
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">Kairo Z <hezhu1@gmail.com><br>
<b>Fecha: </b>viernes, 8 de noviembre de 2024, 17:08<br>
<b>Para: </b>Sergio Montagud <sergio.montagud@gmail.com><br>
<b>Asunto: </b>Re: [Nhcoll-l] Skeleton preservation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p>Can you take some pictures of them? Snakes in general do not tend to have a lot of fat in the bone. So I'm wondering it may be due to something else like moisture, or a past preparation technique. Is there any staining?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">On Fri, Nov 8, 2024, 6:06 AM Sergio Montagud <<a href="mailto:sergio.montagud@gmail.com">sergio.montagud@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US">Good morning,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">This is a query for those working in skeleton preservation. We have some recently acquired, disarticulated specimens prepared by different taxidermists. The issue is that some of them, especially the larger ones, still emit a very unpleasant
odor that we haven’t been able to remove, even by soaking them in water with ammonia. Is there an effective and proven method for eliminating this bad smell from the bones, which I assume is caused by residual fat still trapped in them?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Thank you very much.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Sergio Montagud</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p>Sergio Montagud Alario<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Museu [UV] Història Natural<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Universitat de València<o:p></o:p></p>
<p>e-mail: <span lang="EN-US"><a href="mailto:sergio.montagud@uv.es" target="_blank"><span lang="ES-TRAD">sergio.montagud@uv.es</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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