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My daughter just finished this. Dermistid beetles and hous of tedious reconstruction.    | ||
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Walker--very artistic looking. Was the reconstruction of damage done when the snake was killed? If so,next time you might try placing the snake in a freezer while it's alive and that will kill it without damage. | |||
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No, it was frozen alive. Denise cuts out as much meat as she can, shapes the snke and puts it in a dehydrater. It keeps its shape after that and into the beetles it goes. The spine stays intact but a lot of the ribs fall out and she puts them back in place. She does the head separate and then attaches it and the bottom jaw bones. | |||
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Excellent job!! I like that idea!! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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you seriously freeze the snake alive? man for some reason i don't think my wife would let me put a live rattler in the frezzer but that is cool as hell | |||
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Having owned a taxidermy shop for several years, freezing is the best way to dispatch a snake without damaging it. The caveat, though, is to make sure it's THOROUGHLY frozen before taking it back out! I had another taxidermist friend who put a big rattler in the freezer and returned at some time later and took it out and layed it on the counter to thaw. When she picked it up to move it after awhile, the tongue flickered out but the snake couldn't move. After that she would not take a snake out until it had been frozen at least a week! JDS And so if you meet a hunter who has been to Africa, and he tells you what he has seen and done, watch his eyes as he talks. For they will not see you. They will see sunrises and sunsets such as you cannot imagine, and a land and a way of life that is fast vanishing. And always he will will tell you how he plans to go back. (author: David Petzer) | |||
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I'm a taxidrmist, have been for many years, (too many to remember!) I freeze some critters to kill them, it works well and it's a calm way to kill them. They just go to sleep! "America's Meat - - - SPAM" As always, Good Hunting!!! Widowmaker416 | |||
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That is an amazing way to display a rattler. Good work. I didn't fully realize just how many bones were in a rattler. A rattler with arthritis would be really cranky. RELOAD - ITS FUN! | |||
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Thats absolutely incredible! Very nice work. Wes Webber An Armed Society Is a Polite Society  | |||
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VERY COOL HOW MANY YEARS DID IT TAKE TO REASSEMBLE HIM LIKE THAT????????? | |||
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That does make for a very nice piece. congrats to her as I'm sure that is very tedious work. Stevo | |||
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Wow thats is really impressive! Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war; That this foul deed shall smell above the earth With carrion men, groaning for burial. | |||
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Now that is simply AWESOME! | |||
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Great looking snake! I've never seen one done like that before. ____________________________________________ "Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life." Terry Pratchett. | |||
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