Animal Specimens.

December 24, 2008 4:57 PM

Animals In Formalin Preservation. That is all.
posted by gman (15 comments total)

"A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware the Dark Side."
posted by pyramid termite at 5:10 PM on December 24, 2008

How fuckin' freaky is this one?
posted by gman at 5:15 PM on December 24, 2008

wowee. I just ushered in old jebus' birthday watching Hostel II on telly. as you may imagine this is well in keeping with my christmas so far.

also, merry soupy christmas. every one.
posted by 6am at 5:19 PM on December 24, 2008

Preserved? Um, those animals are dead.
posted by orthogonality at 5:32 PM on December 24, 2008

Oh wow. These are beautiful. Some of them look positively alien. Some of the fetal specimens are heartwrenching. Amazing post!
posted by grapefruitmoon at 5:34 PM on December 24, 2008

That humanish looking one is a pale-throated sloth.
posted by erpava at 5:47 PM on December 24, 2008

Oooh, is this one for me? The one with the gold bow? Awwww, honey, you shouldn't have! Let's just get this paper off and...
AAAUGH!
AAAUGH!
AAAAAAUGH!
posted by PlusDistance at 6:07 PM on December 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

say kids, how do you like the new puppy satan brought you?
posted by geos at 6:16 PM on December 24, 2008

gmanPoster: "How fuckin' freaky is this one?"

I was much more bothered by the toad/frog with the little toad/frogs coming out of its skin!
posted by ArgentCorvid at 6:19 PM on December 24, 2008

Oh, lord, the hatching frog thing just gave me the heebie jeebies. I guess I'll try and preserve them in formalin.
posted by redsparkler at 6:46 PM on December 24, 2008

argent - ugh, i'm going to have to shower now.
posted by empath at 6:59 PM on December 24, 2008

The page seems to be dead at the moment. However, it has been preserved in the Google cache.
posted by twoleftfeet at 8:41 PM on December 24, 2008 [1 favorite]

ArgentCorvid, that is a Surinam toad. I vote they're icky.
posted by barnacles at 10:38 AM on December 25, 2008

anyone know the source of these images?
posted by headless at 12:45 PM on December 25, 2008

oh god. the frog. i feel very unsettled now.
posted by fuzzypantalones at 4:20 PM on December 25, 2008