Ask Emily #6
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It's question time! You ask questionsand I answer your questions and you ask more questionsand I can answer!Sometimes.Cresthesia Hawkins asks:Certain reptiles like tortoises, alligators, and some large snakescan be taxidermied because they have skin that is think enoughthat it can be treated like how you would treatthe skin of a deer when you're taxidermying it.But for the most part, most fish don't have skin like that.It's too thin and it doesn't retain its shape once it's dried.You can't really skin them to begin with.So most taxidermied fish that you see are actuallyrecreated models made out of plaster or plasticor something that's going to retain its shape.And then they'll add original fishy bits to...
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It's question time! You ask questionsand I answer your questions and you ask more questionsand I can answer!Sometimes.Cresthesia Hawkins asks:Certain reptiles like tortoises, alligators, and some large snakescan be taxidermied because they have skin that is think enoughthat it can be treated like how you would treatthe skin of a deer when you're taxidermying it.But for the most part, most fish don't have skin like that.It's too thin and it doesn't retain its shape once it's dried.You can't really skin them to begin with.So most taxidermied fish that you see are actuallyrecreated models made out of plaster or plasticor something that's going to retain its shape.And then they'll add original fishy bits to...
