No you filthy bastard, not that. Actually it's a few animals, four to be exact. Well, three whole animals and one small section of an animal. They're my new wet specimens, animals injected with formaldehyde and then put into jars with 70% isopropyl (rubbing alcohol) to preserve their bodies. Their bodies never decay and will live on in their little jars for the rest of eternity.
Pretty morbid right? Actually. To me, it's the complete opposite.
I have recently purchased some new little fellas to start off hopefully my ever budding wet specimen collection; a mouse,an exotic duckling, a beaver's paw and a snail. All pictured below:
I hadn't known about wet specimens for very long before I decided I had to get my grubby little mitts on a few pieces. I'd known about taxidermy for a long time, and know a few people that actually have taxidermy in their houses, but had always thought that dead things in jars were only seen on horror movies. I actually don't even remember how I stumbled across the first one but after I had, I spent practically every waking moment after either looking at them online or thinking about looking at them online.
I am not opposed to taxidermy in any way, and once my weird and wonderful collection starts to grow I'm sure I will obtain some. For now though I thought I would start off small. I have had many people ask me firstly, whether I'm clinically insane and secondly, why I would want dead things floating about in jars around my room. The answers to these are firstly, yes more than likely (but anyone that knows me, even for a short period of time grows accustomed to my madness) and secondly, what is more inspiring than a legacy? Why should things stop being enjoyed after they die? I am an animal lover and anyone that tells me I'm not because I keep preserved animals are wrong (there were previously profanities in this sentence but I want to keep things PG). All animals die of natural causes, none are killed to be preserved and I carry on to enjoy the animal even after they have passed, so how is that not utilising my love for animals?
I don't know what it is that I like about them in all honesty, they just fascinate me. When I was younger I wanted to work in autopsy, I think it's just that I'm not afraid of death or the dead and a lot of people are and that's why they don't get it. I've always been pretty strange, but this is the start of my weird and wonderful collection of oddities and I love them☺️
If anyone is interested in buying any wet specimens or other oddities then I highly recommend Ryan Biracree. His communication is exceptional and his products are not only top quality but very reasonably priced. I have linked his online Etsy shop below:
https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/BlackBearBathSalts?ref=l2-shop-header-avatar
Till next time,
Beth x
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