RJB Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Man-o-man did this one hurt!!! This crustacean started out really really good. I ruffed out the claws on this beauty and all claws having tippy tippys. Its been a long time since ive been this excited over a concretion. I already new it had a 'face' problem but I knew I could build that. I could not see a tail end at the end of the concretion and simply figured that the tail was curled under. It happens. But no!!! No tail end whatsoever!!! No tail at all!!! None!!! Arrrrhg!!! Whatever cusswords you can think of, I said them all and more!!! Now it sits in a stupid box. What to do, what to do,, I do not know. Arrrrgh. And not only that,,, This is a species I don't have!!! Aaaaargh!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raggedy Man Posted December 5, 2015 Share Posted December 5, 2015 Any signs of predation? ...I'm back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 5, 2015 Author Share Posted December 5, 2015 Hey Raggedy man, most of these are molts so its up to mother nature. ive gone through 22 or 23 of these this year and ive got not much to show for them. Hurts. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Makes the GREAT ones that much better. But still sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Uggh, Maybe some day....It is agonizing when you find partials of anything without finding a complete specimen and that one looks like it was destined to be a real beauty. Any value in just prepping the claws as if its emerging from the concretion? Keep after em... Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Well, at least you have the claws of a species you don't have. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 6, 2015 Author Share Posted December 6, 2015 Thanks guys. I kinda feel like a wipped little puppy dog. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blastoid Posted December 6, 2015 Share Posted December 6, 2015 Ah, that's life. Prep it up, it'll look nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 7, 2015 Share Posted December 7, 2015 dang... now as for the What To Do Question... you can send it to me... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 10, 2015 Author Share Posted December 10, 2015 Thanks again everyone. and JP, nice try. Ive got 23 boxes all with a 'junk' lobster in them. Im thinking that maybe I can find a tail in one and do some composite work? RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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