From reptiles to mammals, a fascinating photo collection "Skull" collecting over 300 types of skulls

Alan · Dudley is a skull collector who selects a decorative board for automobile interior work at noon and processes it and collects skulls when the work is over. The collection of Mr. Dudley collected from domestic and overseas over a long period is summarized in one book "Skull Alan · Dudley's amazing skull collection"It was a rare book where you can see the skull photos over 300 points carefully, so I bought it and tried out the world of my skull.

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This is "Amazing Skull Collection by Skull Allan Dudley"


The book is a large book of 256 pages in all. It is quite thick even if seen from the side.


Compared with iPhone 5, this is about the size.


When weighing it, the weight was 1451 g which was heavy.


The back cover is designed like a cover turned upside down.


This book was not written by the collector Alan · Dudley, but photographer Nick Man shot his skull, he is a writer and a journalistSimon WinchesterWhat Mr. introduced.


The table of contents looks like this when turning over and over. In the table of contents, names of creatures by categories such as "forever", "about collection", etc. are next listed as "amphibians" "birds" "fish" "mammals" "reptiles".


Before going into each skull photo, what kind of person is Alan · Dudley first? There was explanation that, the state of the collection room was also made public. Mr. Dudley, who liked living things since childhood, said one day he brought back the dead body of the fox caught in the fence of the garden and dissected it, he was absorbed in the skull collection after seeing his skull for the first time. In spite of learning the processing method of the skull and releasing a time-consuming and bad smell, I took the method of decomposing fine meat into bacteria, not the method of using bugs to make the skull as it is It is said that the time the smell was so bad that my wife said "I will destroy all the collection".


Mr. Dudley also makes stuffing. Mr. Dudley who had passionately collected skulls and stuffed but received a 50-week judgment arrested and imprisoned as "illegally purchased specimens" in 2008.


So, one example of Mr. Dudley 's collection is from below.

◆Bullfrog

ByCdhowe

This is the bullfrog bone. Because the eye socket and mouth are large, the bullfrog skull seems to be very fragile.


The state seen from the front and the state seen from behind is like this.


Two-headedAurox

ByCharles Hamilton Smith

One of Mr. Dudley's favorites, it is said that "If a fire occurs, take it first and escape" is the birth fetus of Aurox.


The Aurax skull with two heads per body has been stored frozen for more than 10 years at the zoo.


From here it leads to the backbone.


Each skull looks something like this.


◆Sveimori

ByPalmiped

This is SUVEMORI's skull. It is the smallest skull in Mr. Dudley's collection, and its size is not as large as the little finger nail.


◆Anabusa

ByJJ Harrison

The rabbit itself is not unusual, and Mr. Dudley seems to have some skull, but among them my favorite is this skull.


Looking carefully, the tooth is abnormally long, "As long as the rabbit was alive, my teeth never got in touch, so my teeth kept growing without wearing out, and I like that abnormality." Comment by Mr. Dudley.


◆alpaca

ByYogi

The alpaca skull of fluffy Mokomoko looks like the following.


It is characterized by two such horns are growing, somehow you can see the appearance of alpaca before life.


◆Great albatross

ByCrosa

This is a giant turtle seen throughout Southeast Asia. You can understand that the head is bigger than the body and unbalanced, when it becomes a skeleton. Many big beaks in beaks need extra muscles to support their heads.


◆Momoiro Pelican

ByUryah

There are many other bird skulls with big beaks.


Among them, it is Momoiro pelican that is more like a cane rather than a skull. The length of the beak is more than 30 cm.


◆Nisi Niko

ByCitron

Although it is comparatively small, the skulls of the fish are lined up in various ways.


In the upper left of the page, it is almost a mouth-blown nishi-kou as seen from the front.


◆Koinu Ga Gao Fruit Bat

ByAntanO

Coideng Gao Fruits like flying dragon flying bat.


Turning over the top and bottom makes it look like this.


◆Lion

ByKevin Pluck

King of monsters, Lion.


"The skull of the Lion is rarely available as well as that of many large apes, and if you find it, it is not perfect, you should obtain it by all means" Mr. Dudley's word comment.


The skulls of the lion and the tiger are very similar, and the two species are crossedTygonYaligerIt is possible to create an oversized child called.


◆Walrus

ByCaptain Budd Christman, NOAA Corps

This walrus' fang is about 35 cm.


From another angle.


According to Mr. Dudley's word, "This walrus was obtained from Canada with permission." Mr. Dudley who became famous as a collector seems to have often been asked to speak from domestic and foreign zoos and curators.


Skull seen from the back.


◆Hippo

ByBelgianchocolate

Among Mr. Dudley's collections, it is the largest, and the hippopk's skull boasts an overwhelming size and presence.


This is a male hippopotamus with big fangs. Since the eye socket protrudes at the top of the skull, you can see the water above the whole body under the water surface.


View from the front.


From the other side.


◆Asia Mufflon

ByStefan Jürgensen

There are also various kinds of cloven hoofed skull.


The beautiful corner gets an eye out is Asian Mufflon.


◆Manto Hiki

ByStavenn

Depending on the species of the primates, the shape of the skull is various.


The mantle baboon is the face length, the skull is also very different from the human skull.


A side view.


◆Ilieva


The world's largest living reptile reptiles are irises.


head on.


profile.


Not the skin, the surface of the bone itself is decorated.


◆Armadillo lizard

ByGerald Schneider

Two types of lizards appeared on the page.


Armadillo lizard is like a dragon's head.


From the back.


Looking from the front this way.


◆U.S. Doctor Lizard

ByJason

The end is the American doctor lizard. All the teeth are facing backwards, once you make the prey the whole one, it is designed not to put it out of the mouth.


As for the crocodile lizard caught having poison which can sometimes die when chewed, the surface of the skull was covered with decoration like crocodiles.


In addition, the price at Amazon is 4104 yen including tax.

Amazon.co.jp: Skull Allan Dudley's Amazing Skull Collection: Simon Winchester: Books
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4766125940