Just added a few Morpho Aega to our Etsy page, these come unmounted and unspread.
If you want us to spread and frame one for you we can do that for an additional charge.
These are one of the worlds most beautiful butterflies in my opinion and truly amazing to see in person.
These are not what I would consider a learner butterfly but not overly difficult.
https://schnaretaxidermy.etsy.com/listing/1657955834
Pretty exciting addition to our collection.
We've been working on this piece for our teaching collection for a little while now and its getting close to being done.
Any guesses what it is?
We will post a photo description later today or tomorrow.
Can’t wait for this little project to be done, full skeleton of a cyclops piglet. We actually have a few different variations of cyclops pigs in our collection.
Unique little critter
Quite a unique little animal, I'll post more details on this specimen in a day or two. I'll let you guys figure it out for now :P
EDIT: NFS
Beautiful two faced cow we just completed, this piece will not be made for sale and will be part of our teaching collection.
Cyclommatus metallifer
Beautiful stag beetle mounted in an acrylic cube, getting ready for the have yourself a gothic little Christmas craft show at the Halifax forum December 2nd and 3rd 🖤
#straightfromtheschnare #schnaretaxidermy #taxidermy #taxidermyart #insect #bugart #bugs #beetles
Quick teaser/update of our two faced calf. The rest of the skull and skeleton isn't yet finished sadly but it's getting there
Beautiful sea moth in our personal collection that savanna just mounted. We rarely sell these because… well we hoard the shiny pretty things.
Might have some available in the future.
People have been asking us how big wolffish really get since we regularly produce wolffish skulls for the public (striped wolffish).
This is a decent sized (but not a giant) spotted wolffish, we also have northern wolffish and striped wolffish as our most common species here.
For the record, we will never offer either of these species for sale as they are both endangered, we always release them promptly.
They are all quite stunning species and have fantastic personalities when encountered by divers. As long as they aren’t guarding a nest they are generally quite inquisitive and I’ve had them swim with me quite a few times just checking me out.
For those curious their diet consists of mostly lobsters, crab, scallops, starfish, clams as well as fish if they can catch them.
We’ve caught wolffish well over 100lbs in the past.
Cuterebra larvae come in through your butt! Or any other orifice they can find.
These tree squirrel larvae hang out on branches that squirrels frequent waiting for a host to walk by and they essentially catch a ride.
Then they wander around your body and eventually come to rest under your skin, they make a hole in your skin so they can breath (they essentially breath through their butts! And they can also poop out this hole so their home under your skin stays clean (ish)
Amazing critters! Second video posted separately.
Cuterebra larvae come in through your butt! Or any other orifice they can find.
These tree squirrel larvae hang out on branches that squirrels frequent waiting for a host to walk by and they essentially catch a ride.
Then they wander around your body and eventually come to rest under your skin, they make a hole in your skin so they can breath (they essentially breath through their butts! And they can also poop out this hole so their home under your skin stays clean (ish)
Amazing critters! I’ll add another video in the comments.
GORE WARNING
Some clients may find the content of this video unpleasant.
We had way more people request a follow up than we expected so we decided to post a video detailing the specimen instead.
It’s worth noting that this was a stillborn (it was born dead) and mom is fine.
It will not be for sale as it’s going to be a teaching aid and all parts of it are claimed.
The skin will be going to a taxidermist in newfoundland who will be mounting it traditionally, we will be keeping the body for a skeletal articulation which we will be preforming ourselves.
It also has nothing to do with inbreeding, the reason these specimens pop up more in large commercial farms is because they simply have WAY more animals born there than a traditional hobby farm. It’s like playing the lottery 5-10 times a year vs 10,000 times a year. Odds are you will never win but statistically you are more likely to hit the magic number.
We will provide updates on this specimen once they become available.
The most perfect long nosed lancet(also known as Alepisaurus ferox, or cannibal fish) we have ever seen.
This one is HUGE too.
We are currently going through a number of these from 3 countries trying to see if we can identify a third species (two are currently known, plus one fossil species)
These guys are amazing, have very unique physiology and bones unlike any species we have ever seen before. We work with a number of zooarchaeologists around the world and they were astonished at how different their bones are than anything they had seen.
In the next few days we will post a photo of their skulls and a few other photos.
These are not for sale.
We don’t normally post stuff like this (raw materials) let us know if it’s something you want to see more of. We have a number of deep sea fish species that are quite unique but we’ve gotten mixed responses in the past about posting raw materials.
Venus flower basket
The Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is a glass sponge in the phylum Porifera and generally exist in waters below 500M in the Pacific Ocean.
These are 50$ each and ship worldwide!
Size and shape vary, the video is an example of one, not necessarily the one you will get.
These things are absolutely stunning and would be amazing in any natural history collection.
We haven’t posted in a little while so I figured I’d share a video of this little guy we sold last year.
We don’t get ‘em very often, but when we do they have a special place in our hearts.
This dude has long since sold but we should have more coming this year.
Nfs
After a lot of thinking we have decided to sell some of our extra Venus’ flower baskets.
We had originally planned to hoard them because… that’s what we do with the pretty things haha.
These things are absolutely stunning and would be amazing in any natural history collection.
The Venus' flower basket (Euplectella aspergillum) is a glass sponge in the phylum Porifera and generally exist in waters below 500M in the Pacific Ocean.
These are 50$ each and ship worldwide!
A new addition to our personal collection!
Finally got our hands on a Euplectella aspergillum, it's a species of glass sponge and looks as if its made of delicate strands of glass forming a lattice structure!
This one is not for sale, but we might have a couple more on the way.
Hercules is getting huge!
A number of people have been asking how Hercules was doing, it's been almost two years since we "rescued" him.
For those that don't know, when we got him he was skin and bone, couldn't walk and was at death's door.
Savanna thought she could save him, I didn't think he'd make it through the night. She hand fed him through a syringe and watered him the same way, worked his legs until he could move them (they were fixed straight out) and she proved me wrong again. He not only survived but he thrived.
While he's no longer living at our house, he's living with a family member named Lacey and he's doing amazing... Always thrilled to see update videos of him.
He's going to live a long, spoiled life in her care.
