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Unsettlingly Large Common Vampire Bat Skull

Unsettlingly Large Common Vampire Bat Skull

$65.00 USD
$65.00 USD
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The perfect addition to your cabinet of curiosities, assemblage of oddities, or natural history collection, this skull of a Common Vampire Bat (Desmodus rotundus) is larger than life. Literally.

This skull been greatly enlarged for display and for study, and individually 3D printed in durable resin. The resulting specimen is sharply detailed, faithfully reproduced, and a beautiful art object on its own. It comes with a small display card with a vintage vampire bat illustration on the back, and on the front an image showing how large the bat's skull is in life size.

This perfectly unusual piece will add a little mystery to any bone collection, and makes a great gift for anyone interested in science, anatomy, Vulture Culture, and everything Goth.

The vampire bat is particularly renowned for its eating habits -- the three species of vampire bats are the only mammals that subsist entirely on blood -- and this specimen brings their spooky qualities to the forefront, from a skull shape reminiscent of Nosferatu to the wickedly pointed teeth scaled up to an intimidating size. My favorite little feature of this skull is on the mandible, just behind the lower front teeth, where there are sizeable divots in the bone to make room for the points of the sharp upper incisors!

Measurements

7.25 x 3.75 x 4.25 inches

Materials

3D printed resin

Care Instructions

Resin will yellow when exposed even briefly to UV or sunlight; do not place your skull in a sunny location or near grow lights. Click here for more information on 3D print care and tips on painting.

Additional information

"Desmodus rotundus (MSB:Mamm:155920)" (https://skfb.ly/6VVMv) by Biodiversity is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

SCIENTIFIC ACCURACY
These unsettlingly large skulls look incredible in any bone collector's hoard, but they're also valuable scientific learning tools, allowing anatomical study and up-close examination of what would normally be a very small, very delicate, and fairly rare skull to find in a typical bone collection.

Each bat skull is reproduced from a detailed 3D scan of a real bone specimen, and so is anatomically accurate, right down to the delicate structures in the nose and the anatomy in the skull's interior! But because the original skulls are extremely small and fragile, these reproductions may replicate areas where the originals were broken or missing parts. You'll normally be able to spot these areas easily, as the same structure on the other side will be intact. Please be aware that the model may not be 100% complete for scientific purposes.

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Amazing skull, amazing person

Wow! I opened my Skull up today, and was immediately amazed by the quality of the print. I decided to get the Vampire Bat skull for my birthday, and corresponded with Mac over a short period of time to help set up international shipping. When I opened the package, I was astounded to find two extra skulls (A small bobcat, and a Hammerhead bat, another one of my favorite animals) and a pair of stickers! Mac has been polite and amazing to talk with. Thank you so much for the little extras, and thank you for the amazing Vampire Bat!

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