Check out this elk skull and antlers that got engulfed by a tree!  The skull is encased by wood completely; the antler tips stick out on either side of the trunk of the tree that grew around it.  Jack and I found this display at the Prairie Creek Visitor Center in northern California along the Pacific Coast.  Will wonders never cease!?

Elk skull encased in a tree

Antler tips sticking out of a madrone tree

Elk on the Newton B. Drury Scenic Parkway

Northern Flicker thrown in for good measure