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Image 1 — Thought you might appreciate a trick I learned in uni today
Image 2 — Thought you might appreciate a trick I learned in uni today

Thought you might appreciate a trick I learned in uni today

So, after you've skinned the animal to help get rid of the bits of extra tissue and stickiness of the skin you can use potato or corn starch to help with it, it dries it out a little and makes it easier to handle. This is my *Rattus norvegicus* female I'm going to use her to try out taxidermy :)

u/Sufficient-Bath-1135 — 3 days ago