kinda gross-dead animals

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iv always been interested in animal skulls or even full skeletons and trying to put them together some how. or finding dead snakes for their teeth or even a rattle on a rattle snake. just one question...what exactly do i have to do to get the bones? i know it has been done by otheres, do i have to totaly gut the animal and pull meat and every thing off just to get them? or i was thinking let them naturaly decay outside but other animals would most likely take them and eat parts or whatever. and then iv heard people boil the bones? i guess thats to get all the rest of the icky stuff off. i hate to see them but there are just dead aniamls galore where i live and collecting some skulls and skeletons would be pretty neato. would even be very willing to give some to schools for educational stuff. thanks for any anwers.