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Anonymous File :-(, x)
OP here.
Thanks for everyone's suggestions. I've decided to go with the fat/protein dissolving bath and leave it in the sun. The hide has dried so that it's quite impossible to scrape it off from the skull, and as an added problem, while I'm pretty certain that this fox was roadkill, I can't guarantee that for certain. Foxes are a feral species and this is a farming community; farmers poison them on a regular basis so naturally, the amount of time physically handling the skull really should be limited. Also, I hope that the dishwasher powder will render the skull unpalatable to my neighbour's dogs. I'd be delighted if they'd stop crapping on my lawn but I'm not quite at the point of wanting to poison them. That said, if a dog is stupid enough to eat dishwasher powder then it's Darwinism all the way.
Since I've tried burying bones in the past to mixed results I've decided to go with something different this time around. I am taking note of everyone's suggestions for the future, however, because in this part of the world there are so many opportunities to add to my bone collection.
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