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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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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.

This is the skull from the North American paddlefish, it is from our collection and not for sale.It is easily the most i...
01/11/2024

This is the skull from the North American paddlefish, it is from our collection and not for sale.

It is easily the most intricate skull we own, and strikingly beautiful. These are a protected species and cannot be possessed with a permit.

These are definitely one of the more unusual marine species in our collection in terms of skull shape, it is called a co...
31/10/2024

These are definitely one of the more unusual marine species in our collection in terms of skull shape, it is called a cornet fish or a flute-mouth.

The skull is nearly two feet long and it has a jaw that probably couldn't bite my thumb if it tried.

Evolution sure has created some unusual species with remarkable adaptations specific to their lifestyle.

These skulls turn out absolutely beautiful but I have to say I hate putting the teeth back in.Striped wolffish
31/10/2024

These skulls turn out absolutely beautiful but I have to say I hate putting the teeth back in.

Striped wolffish

We have decided to post one marine specimen from our collection every day for a little while.Today we have the Atlantic ...
29/10/2024

We have decided to post one marine specimen from our collection every day for a little while.

Today we have the Atlantic batfish, or Fartgoblin (Dibranchus atlanticus)

These are a species of anglerfish and you can see their little lures(esca or illicium) if you look closely at the last photo. I've linked an amusing video below about their biology and ecology, it's not very scientific but quite amusing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6Lh-TB2_mA

We have a number of these in our collection at a variety of different life stages.

Quite an incredible creature of the deep!

Working on a couple hammerheads for clients, this one is part of a 14ish foot full skeleton we are doing. These are curr...
15/10/2024

Working on a couple hammerheads for clients, this one is part of a 14ish foot full skeleton we are doing.

These are currently in the USA, we will be importing them this winter once the paperwork clears.

Getting a few more things ready for the next show, Gothic Christmas.
23/09/2024

Getting a few more things ready for the next show, Gothic Christmas.

21/09/2024
Just posted a ton of stuff to our Etsy page last night, added over 70 items!https://schnaretaxidermy.etsy.comEverything ...
31/08/2024

Just posted a ton of stuff to our Etsy page last night, added over 70 items!

https://schnaretaxidermy.etsy.com

Everything from deep sea fish to butterflies, beetles, terrestrial skulls and skeletons, fossils and art.

Most people don't know this, but Nova Scotia actually has quite a a solid population of seahorses. Every year we collect...
02/08/2024

Most people don't know this, but Nova Scotia actually has quite a a solid population of seahorses. Every year we collect quite a few from the stomachs of various fish species.

Savanna has been working on doing full skeletons from them for a while now and her work is getting quite good.

It's kind of amazing to think that Canada has species this beautiful and most people are completely unaware of their existence locally.

We are working with a number of local museums to bring awareness of some of the lesser known and ecologically important local species.

Every species is important for a different reason, Nova Scotia being primarily a fishing oriented province tend to view species like sharks as a nuisance, but they fill a vital role and while they may locally feel abundant to the people working around them care needs to be taken to make sure these species aren't bullied out of existence by man.

We just finished up a sloan's viperfish skull for a museum. It took a few tries to get them a perfect one so we have a f...
28/07/2024

We just finished up a sloan's viperfish skull for a museum. It took a few tries to get them a perfect one so we have a few spares that will be for sale. These are an iconic deep sea predator, with massive teeth and light emitting photophores.
Here is the link to the ones we have for sale, there are three other ones for sale as well.
https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/1769370281/sloans-viperfish-skull-4-read

So today I moved all the crafting bugs that Steph did for me to one spot... Guess I better get a move on
23/07/2024

So today I moved all the crafting bugs that Steph did for me to one spot... Guess I better get a move on

Just posted a ton of framed butterflies and moths to our etsy page.We also have over 100 species that aren't framed for ...
07/07/2024

Just posted a ton of framed butterflies and moths to our etsy page.

We also have over 100 species that aren't framed for those who are crafty, it's a great way to build a collection and save money.
By framing them yourself you generally save 50-75% on the project depending on where you get your shadowboxes.

https://schnaretaxidermy.etsy.com

Shipping included bundles! These go anywhere in canada and the usa for the listed prices. The small boxes are 9.5inch(24...
05/07/2024

Shipping included bundles! These go anywhere in canada and the usa for the listed prices.

The small boxes are 9.5inch(24.2cm) by 3.5inch(8.9cm) by 6.5inch(16.5cm) and are 55$ shipping and taxes included.

The larger boxes are 4 7/8 inch(12.3cm) by 10 3/8 inch(26.3cm) by 15 3/8 inch(39cm) and are 75$ shipping and taxes included.

Bobcats will not ship to the USA, natives won't ship to Ontario and Fallow deer will not leave Canada(sorry, laws are laws)

Each box will contain at least 1 skull and at least 20 bones at random, however the boxes will be full.

BOX CONTENTS WILL BE RANDOM-
If you want to pick a specific skull it's an extra 5$.

Hopefully this little Cyclops pig will be done degreasing soon.  It's always exciting to get in a Cyclops with a present...
03/07/2024

Hopefully this little Cyclops pig will be done degreasing soon.
It's always exciting to get in a Cyclops with a presentation that we don't have in the collection already!

Work in progress, this lobster was given to us by a friend.Very unique lobster and quite beautiful!
30/06/2024

Work in progress, this lobster was given to us by a friend.

Very unique lobster and quite beautiful!

You know your wife is cooler than you when she uses skate jaws to hold up her phone and you're still using your hands li...
23/06/2024

You know your wife is cooler than you when she uses skate jaws to hold up her phone and you're still using your hands like a peasant

Four horn Jacobs sheep are fairly rare, especially nice ones. This is a real five horn Jacobs from our personal collecti...
21/06/2024

Four horn Jacobs sheep are fairly rare, especially nice ones.
This is a real five horn Jacobs from our personal collection, in our never-ending battle of deciding how best to balance our limited space with our final goals for our collection we have decided to sell this spectacular specimen.

We have photos of the head prior to being defleshed to prove it is indeed a five horn originally, and you can clearly see the horn cores when the specimen is in your hands.

750 makes it yours. These are very rare and I can count on one hand how many people with one in their collections. We've sold three in 40 years between my wife and I.

This may come as a surprise to some but Savanna and I were both brought up with reptiles from a fairly young age and we ...
20/06/2024

This may come as a surprise to some but Savanna and I were both brought up with reptiles from a fairly young age and we have worked with them for the majority of our lives. A friend of a friend had a fire at their shop (Exotic Addicts). Much was lost, including both material damage and loss of some of their animals. No amount of money can take that back, but we'd like to help them rebuild.

We will be having a sale tonight and possibly tomorrow, all profits from this sale will be donated directly to them.
You can also find their "GoFundMe" link below if you wish to donate to them directly.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-exotic-addicts-animals-recover-their-health-and-home

We have never done this before, but the circumstances are unique and we will try our best to help.

It's important to note that all the skins we are selling come from animals that died of natural causes over the years, none were "involved in the fire".

If you purchase three or more skins, we will add a bonus gift to your box to show our appreciation for your generosity!

Prices are in the photos, the pythons, uromastyx and chameleon skin will only be sold within canada.

Personal collection sale!We have decided to stop hoarding and start selling our duplicates so here goes! Two specimen we...
13/06/2024

Personal collection sale!

We have decided to stop hoarding and start selling our duplicates so here goes! Two specimen we are constantly asked about but never sell.

These are Cymothoa, also known as the Tongue Eating Louse or the Tongue Eating Isopod. The only family of invertebrates to replace the organs of their host species, this species does it by severing the blood vessels that feed the tongue causing it to fall off, then they replace the tongue.

These are quite literally the things that fuel some of your darkest nightmares, they are a wonderful parasitic species and strikingly beautiful, if you have a marine/oddity/isopoda collection, these would be a fantastic addition. They are rarely offered for sale, we have never sold them ourselves and purchased all three that we saw come up on the market!

The larger one is 200, smaller one is 150 and they ship worldwide!

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