
finished this painting finally! a mouse, some snapdragons and long-tailed skippers.
Bears got fat heads tho.
Picked these up super cheap from a guy on taxidermy.net. I’ll be cleaning and reselling these guys.
(Possession and sale of black bear parts in my state is legal.)

This partial dissection of a juvenile male thylacine specimen was reportedly performed by Dr. Stephen Sleightholme (director of the ITSD) in London several decades ago. Isn’t he a beauty?
Previously unpublished photograph (!), courtesy of David Hurst.
elias with a cute new scarf.
what’s even on the end of a disembodied intestine? if a squishy clump of adipose is wrong, I don’t want to be right.
{Disclaimer; this animal was found having died of natural causes, these photos are for education and genuine interest, look at your own discretion}
Quick little skinning and dissection, it was nice to get my hands dirty again and I think the photos are beautiful