Animals in Jars

So, I saw this thread and decided to contribute, though my stuff isn't the 'traditional' creative type. I create ethically sourced wet specimens. Wet specimens are animals or animal parts that have been specially preserved and be kept in jars of holding liquid. They're typically used for scientific specimens, but they're really great for anyone who's into the weird/creepy/oddity kind of thing. All the animals/parts I use are ethically sourced, meaning that no animals were killed for my pieces. All parts were found as roadkill, died of natural causes, or were scraps/throw away parts received from taxidermists. I like that I can take something that might go to waste or be thrown away and give it new 'life.' I sell them at my shop, called The Pickled Fox. but I tend to keep most for my personal collection.

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That fox one is really cool looking so are the others :)

I love these! I do taxidermy so this is right down my alley. Working on a soft mount red fox now! :)

When I was at the NARBC last weekend there was a vendor who had stuff like this. There were snakes in jars, giant tortoises cut in half so you can see the bones.

It was so cool! I almost came home with (what looked like) a big milk snake in a jar.

I love the raven one <3

Those are really cool! This is what i got. I bought him while I was in Honduras. Not sure what kind of crocodile it is. Just thought it was cool and funny.
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Originally Posted by Valka

I love the raven one <3

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I'd hope that's a crow, ravens are illegal to possess in the US

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Originally Posted by raisinjelly

I'd hope that's a crow, ravens are illegal to possess in the US

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It is a crow :P

Both Ravens and Crows are illegal to be kept in the US to be honest.

They are considered migratory birds, and are therefore protected by federal laws, so one would need to have a permit to keep a living one.

There are no laws on keeping a dead one in a jar however :)

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Originally Posted by Montypython696

There are no laws on keeping a dead one in a jar however :)

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Weeeellllll, technically there are. The same laws that prohibit the keeping of a live bird also prohibit the possession of any "part, nest, or eggs of any such bird", living or dead. This includes feathers and body parts (or entire bodies). But I won't tell anyone if you won't. And I most certainly don't have any whole specimens in my freezer pending donation to the local museum collection... nooooo...

Edit: Here's a summary of the law, for those interested.

You sir, or madam have stolen my thunder.

But I won't tell on you. ;)

Dead crows or parts are legal to keep, just not to buy or sell - they have to be gifted, like with waterfowl. There are states where you can get permits to hunt them.

I'm sorry for mucking up the thread, it's just with this hobby you have to be very careful of what you keep.

That is super creepy- show us some more! [emoji16]

It's a crow! I actually found it as roadkill and brought it home with me. I checked my local laws, and crows actually have a hunting season in VA. Because I found it in hunting season, I was allowed to keep it (or so said the game warden I called). But it is true that most wild bird species are illegal to possess, even just feathers. I haven't made any new specimens lately due to lack of freezer space, but now that I have a chest freezer I'll likely start up again. I'll post some pictures when I'm not on mobile. :)

I'd love to see more! :)

Reminds me of my high school biology teacher's storage room. He had every sort of everything in little jars back there, and any time the anatomy students were dissecting cats and would find kittens, the whole litter would go in a jar. Kind of made for a neat, slightly creepy development progression. He also had lots of snakes and lizards, various rodents and other small mammals, insects and arachnids in smaller jars, and a few cleaned skulls and other bones that weren't in jars but still hung around. Creeped me out, but still kind of cool

Stuff like that fox is pretty creepy looking. :O
But I am considering doing something like this with reptiles and inverts (which I find less creepy for some reason) eventually, provided they died within reason. To make it look extra-scientific, I'd put labels on them such as the species or even what organ it is, and put them in some fancy jars.

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Originally Posted by Daigga

Reminds me of my high school biology teacher's storage room. He had every sort of everything in little jars back there, and any time the anatomy students were dissecting cats and would find kittens, the whole litter would go in a jar. Kind of made for a neat, slightly creepy development progression. He also had lots of snakes and lizards, various rodents and other small mammals, insects and arachnids in smaller jars, and a few cleaned skulls and other bones that weren't in jars but still hung around. Creeped me out, but still kind of cool

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My biology teacher was the same way, I remember he got really excited one time when a student brought in a 2 faced 7 legged lamb that had been born on their farm, he couldn't wait to get that thing pickled.

Awesome stuff. This is right up my ally. :gj: