Articulate... that means to make it movable, am I correct...?
This lil guy looks adorable. I have two squirrels, a young robin, and a young starling decaying in my back yard... but I don't have the guts to pick at them yet. I'm still using a stick to move 'em around

Indeed, going to wire it together, hopefully none of the bones break

I also have a short tail shrew (well I think it is) that the cats brought me ^^

That sounds lovely, good luck! ^____^
I've never seen a shrew before, is it similar to a mouse?

Thank you

the one I have looks like this => http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.....evicauda_2.jpg

Oh, interesting :o such tiny eyes ^^ Shrews are more like moles, then? :)

yep ^^

Ooh I'm excited to see the raccoon

glad to see someone is excited to see some dead stuff hahaha
I'm just hoping that some of the bones aren't broken or end up missing.

That's pretty cool battery .

why thank you ^^

what liquid do you use to preserve it like that? O-O

rubbing alcohol, but to be specific I used 70% isopropyl alcohol

She is a beauty.

I want to see the raccoon when you have it finished and all. That would be really interesting.

I have a partial set of bones, that I have had to years, and have no clue anymore if they were a skunk or raccoon or what anymore. I really need to piece what I have together and see what they were. But, sadly, since I let nature do the fleshing...I am missing parts.

I also have a baby squirrel preserved, much as your mouse there -in isopropyl solution-, a few years ago. And a beautiful black widow, that I did recently -in ethanol, to try to keep the colour a bit longer and to be more technical and professional about it.

I never understood why people find taxidermy and preservation so odd or "creepy". I've always somewhat enjoyed it.