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Straight from the Schnare we are a small family-run taxidermy company and we pride ourselves and providing quality products to
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For anyone in the Halifax area this weekend, we will be vending at the Halifax forum's "Have yourself a Gothic little Ch...
30/11/2024

For anyone in the Halifax area this weekend, we will be vending at the Halifax forum's "Have yourself a Gothic little Christmas" all weekend!

Most of the time when you see flaking or very porous skulls the first thing that comes to mind is bleach, overly whitene...
27/11/2024

Most of the time when you see flaking or very porous skulls the first thing that comes to mind is bleach, overly whitened and otherwise abused skulls.

This is a perfect example of a juvenile (immature and developing) Asian Water Buffalo (Bubalus Bubalis). Because it is so young the bone is going through rapid development and is unstable when compared to a mature adult skull that is fully developed.

This skull will be for sale paired with a mature adult which will be ready in the near future.

Doing a quick popup market today in Lockport Nova Scotia, and then Gothic Christmas at the end of the month. We hope to ...
17/11/2024

Doing a quick popup market today in Lockport Nova Scotia, and then Gothic Christmas at the end of the month. We hope to see some of you there!

We don't normally post things that we haven't identified down to a species, unfortunately when it comes to this one we k...
16/11/2024

We don't normally post things that we haven't identified down to a species, unfortunately when it comes to this one we know what family it's in (I'm fairly certain) but we haven't narrowed it down all the way.

I'm sure if we devoted some time we could figure it out, but juggling as many projects as we do, there's not always ample time to devote to everything that deserves it.

This specimen is called a Bat star and in a few dozen years we've only seen two of them. I believe it's related to Patiria miniata, but I'm not sure. It was found off the coast of Newfoundland.

Savanna has been busy working on Gothic stock, only a few weeks away!
16/11/2024

Savanna has been busy working on Gothic stock, only a few weeks away!

Something a little different today, a while back we got a full body of a Portuguese dogfish(shark) from a client to do a...
14/11/2024

Something a little different today, a while back we got a full body of a Portuguese dogfish(shark) from a client to do a full skeleton out of, he wanted most of the skin back but we were left with a few patches like this. We were given an extra body to practice on as well!

This jar comes with a patch of Portuguese dogfish skin imbedded in the cover, this species is the deepest known living shark in our worlds oceans (up to 12,000 feet!)

This species also has very unusual skin, most shark skin is covered in tiny "denticles" which are made up of the same material as their teeth and make their skin feel like sand paper and when you grab them wrong you end up with "shark burn" which is basically like losing a few layers of skin and can feel like a sun burn.

The portuguese dogfish however has massive denticles, almost like fish scales but incredibly dense. Grabbing them wrong, especially while they are moving can result in some fairly deep lacerations if you aren't wearing gloves (learned this the hard way a few years back while releasing an adult female)

This jar with a skin cap is 75$ and the full skeleton is 2000$. Ships worldwide!

When it comes to fish with interesting and unique dentition, the sawpalate family of fish definitely deserve their place...
13/11/2024

When it comes to fish with interesting and unique dentition, the sawpalate family of fish definitely deserve their place.

This is the skull and cervical vertebrae of a stout sawpalate, the largest of the sawpalate family of fish.

It is not for sale.

Savanna is working on something pretty exciting today, can anyone guess what it is? Edit: It's the form for a skin mount...
12/11/2024

Savanna is working on something pretty exciting today, can anyone guess what it is?
Edit: It's the form for a skin mount, the head has not been added yet.

The specimens these wills will be used on are born in Canada and sadly will be not be available at the Gothic Christmas show in Halifax this year

Anglerfish were one of the first fish skulls we produced here and have continued to be one of our best sellers! We produ...
12/11/2024

Anglerfish were one of the first fish skulls we produced here and have continued to be one of our best sellers! We produce a few batches a year and they always sell out quickly.

They are an iconic deep sea species, with a massive mouth, large teeth and their lure to draw in prey. These skulls are absolutely stunning in person.

We have a dozen or so on Etsy right now, and a few more will be posted today or tomorrow. The linked post has the anglerfish at regular sizes and there is a seperate listing for the MASSIVE anglers we have available (both 12+ inch skulls)

These will likely not last the week so be sure to sn**ch them up quick!

https://schnaretaxidermy.etsy.com/listing/1786449201

This is a Surinam armored or locally called "kwi kwi" (Hoplosternum littorale) from our personal collection. It is a stu...
10/11/2024

This is a Surinam armored or locally called "kwi kwi" (Hoplosternum littorale) from our personal collection. It is a stunning piece, these are rarely seen in personal collections.

No part of their body is exposed other than the membranes on the fins (this does not apply to the caudal fin) and the eyes. The bony plates are also incredibly Sharp, definitely not something you would want to try to eat as a predator.

These guys are actually quite commonly consumed by humans and they are also commercially farmed for that purpose.

Here's something we have only listed for sale a few times! SOLDThis is a juvenile coconut crab we purchased a while back...
09/11/2024

Here's something we have only listed for sale a few times!
SOLD
This is a juvenile coconut crab we purchased a while back. It was unfortunately poorly prepared by the person who sold it to us and it has a smell that is unpleasant. We have aired it out for about a year, hoping that would solve the problem but unfortunately it did not. We are selling it for what we paid for it just to recoup or costs, it will need to be put in some sort of a display case unless you're fond of unpleasant odors.

SOLD
It really is a terrific looking mount, I wish it didn't smell.

For this is the skull and vertebra of a snub-nosed eel (Simenchelys parasitica). These are another one of our favorite M...
09/11/2024

For this is the skull and vertebra of a snub-nosed eel (Simenchelys parasitica). These are another one of our favorite Marine creatures.

If you have time, I would definitely look up their biology and ecology, it's quite fascinating!

Basically they are parasitic in nature for the most part and can produce a tremendous amount of suction with their big lips that you unfortunately cannot see in this photo.

They bore a hole into their prey (It's amusing to think of a halibut or large cod as their prey because the eel itself is hundreds of times smaller) And then they crawl inside, generally living along the spine.

They consume muscle tissue, carefully avoiding any areas that might cause their host to die and can live in there for many years.

They get roughly 60 cm long at adult size and we have opened up halibut and cod before with dozens of these guys living in there, and on most of these fish the eels have been inside them for so long that other than scars there are no entry wounds!!

We have a few extra skulls in stock as well as wet specimens, we've only gotten these a few times and don't expect to get more. These would go amazing in any Marine collection or a sea monsters exhibit!

Skulls are 150
Wets are 60

We are going to do a number of posts today and tomorrow, I'm going to be at Sea for a few days and Savannah will be busy prepping for the show so it's going to be a few days before you guys likely get another post here.

This is a full skeleton of an armored sea robin from our collection, the local name for these is armored Red. Robin. The...
09/11/2024

This is a full skeleton of an armored sea robin from our collection, the local name for these is armored Red. Robin.

They are a wonderful species that spends their whole lives within inches of the seafloor.

They get a fair bit larger than this one and believe it or not, they're actually quite delicious!

This phronima is definitely one of the most anatomically interesting creatures in our collection, we have a number of th...
04/11/2024

This phronima is definitely one of the most anatomically interesting creatures in our collection, we have a number of them and it took us a few years to figure out what they were.

Their anatomy was so unusual that we weren’t comfortable mounting it until we learned what it was and how it moved and lived. It’s spent over a year in a vial as a wet specimen waiting!

Turns out it’s called a Phronima, or Pram Bug. It was caught at roughly 5000Meters below the ocean surface and the only thing more strange than it’s anatomy is it’s lifestyle!

It’s swims around in the twilight zone as a parasitoid predator and skewers it’s prey with it’s sharp front legs then eats their insides! (Notice I said insides!) It then “moves in” and calls the creatures “outsides” home!

Some species are bioluminescent, and some species are able to manipulate pigment filled sacs in their skin to essentially render themselves invisible.

This is probably one of the coolest things in our collection, and we have very few of them.

We have a few extras that are currently wet specimens. They are an absolutely fascinating creature of the deep!

These are striped wolf fish (Anarhichas lupus) skulls, one is from our collection and one is for sale. They are probably...
03/11/2024

These are striped wolf fish (Anarhichas lupus) skulls, one is from our collection and one is for sale.
They are probably one of my favorite local species, both because of their incredible dentition, but also because of their personalities.

They are vastly misunderstood, mostly because of their incredibly powerful bite and because of how they behave when on a hook or in a trap but an important distinction needs to be made between defensive and aggressive behavior.

Even when it comes to people's pets, people traditionally use the word aggressive whenever something is biting but very rarely is that term actually accurate. For example, I've owned thousands of reptiles over the years, only twice did I truly witness aggressive behavior.

In the wild, striped wolffish are incredibly docile creatures. I've come across them diving many times and they've essentially been curious puppies minus the teething problems. The only time they were "defensive" was when my buddy stuck his head in a hole and found a wolffish guarding an egg mass... It didn't go well, but he didn't get bitten either.

Their diet consists of lobsters and other crustaceans, scallops and other molluscs and whatever slow protein source they can catch.

Another distinction should be made, locally we have three species locals all call wolffish.

The striped wolffish(Atlantic), the northern wolffish (locally called jelly cat occasionally) and the spotted wolffish. The last two are SARA listed and cannot be harvested, the first is part of your ground fish limit and can be harvested by anyone in Nova Scotia fishing tidal waters.

The second skull (not the one from our collection) is 500$ and ships worldwide)

This little beauty is a fiddler crab, the males have one massive claw and one tiny one. I took my wife on vacation last ...
02/11/2024

This little beauty is a fiddler crab, the males have one massive claw and one tiny one.

I took my wife on vacation last year (ish) and she got to see them in the wild for the first time. They live in large colonies, the males spend all day posturing and basically flipping each other off and at the first sign of danger they disappear down tiny tunnels that can go very deep into the ground.

They are a wonderful species with incredibly dramatic color variations.

My wife and I were discussing it, if we post one marine species from our collection a day, we'd be potentially boring you guys for at least a year.
I'm not sure if the business page has an option to set up a vote but if we can figure that out we'd like to do that. For now, can you please "like" or something similar to this post if you want to see more of our collection, and dislike for the alternative?

Thanks!
(We occasionally make mounts like these for clients, if you'd like one please send us a message!)

This specimen is from our collection, I wish I had a species name for you but we've unfortunately been unable to determi...
02/11/2024

This specimen is from our collection, I wish I had a species name for you but we've unfortunately been unable to determine that.

It's been in our collection for about 10 years, a friend caught it while halibut fishing on a hook and gave it to us.

Absolutely stunning specimen.

This week's load of skulls to go into whitening.
01/11/2024

This week's load of skulls to go into whitening.

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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.
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.

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