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  2. Jay Villemarette - Wikipedia

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    After finishing high school, Villemarette began cleaning and selling skulls as a side job. [2] After losing his job as an auto-body mechanic, he decided to try selling skulls as a full time occupation. [2] He began by creating a printed list of skulls for sale in 1985. [1] In 1986, Skulls Unlimited was founded as a provider of osteological ...

  3. Rhinoceros hornbill - Wikipedia

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    The skull of B. r. silvestris. The rhinoceros hornbill is a large arboreal hornbill, 80 to 90 cm (31–35 in) long. The weight varies by sex, with males weighing around 2,465 to 2,960 g (87.0–104.4 oz) and the females 2,040 to 2,330 g (72–82 oz).

  4. List of dinosaur specimens sold at auction - Wikipedia

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    The private sale of fossils has attracted criticism from paleontologists, as it presents an obstacle to fossils being publicly accessible to research. [2] Most countries where relatively complete dinosaur specimens are commonly found have laws against the export of fossils. The United States allows the sale of specimens collected on private ...

  5. List of hornbills - Wikipedia

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    Female great hornbill Hornbills are birds in the families Bucerotidae and Bucorvidae. There are currently 62 extant species of hornbills recognised by the International Ornithologists' Union, two in Bucorvidae and 60 in Bucerotidae. Many species of fossil hornbills are known from the Miocene onwards; however, their exact number and taxonomy are unsettled due to ongoing discoveries. Conventions ...

  6. Buceros - Wikipedia

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    Hornbills in the genus Buceros include some of the largest arboreal hornbills in the world, with the largest being the great hornbill.All the hornbills in this genus have a large and hollow bony casque on their upper beak that can be useful to scientists and bird watchers to recognise their age, sex and species.

  7. Native Americans protest, derail sale of human skull at North ...

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    An estate auction transformed into a heated challenge to the legality of selling what was labeled a human skull originating in North America around the year 1400.

  8. Casque (anatomy) - Wikipedia

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    Invasive squamous cell carcinoma is a common issue, particularly in the great hornbill. [4] Rhinoceros hornbills and helmeted hornbills have long been hunted for their casques, which are used for carvings. Items made from hornbill ivory date back more than 2000 years in Borneo and more than 1000 years in China. [19]

  9. File:Sculpted Bill of Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros ...

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