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Re: Museum of Natural History in Berlin

Postby Berislav Horvatic » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:44 am

Mario Schweiger wrote:but you never should trust a "wild" animal, doesnt matter which species

Yes, I'm fully aware of that. One can never be sure what could come to an animal's mind in a certain moment.
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Re: Museum of Natural History in Berlin

Postby Ilian Velikov » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:46 am

Tom Hoogesteger wrote:Just believe me. I am a professional taxidermist and actually one of the few in Europe specializing in reptiles.


Well, you should have started with this. I do believe you then, and good work on your Flickr page. The skin on your snakes looks quite life-like to me too, so it is possible to do this and I wasn't wrong to question it after all (since I'm not a professional like you).

Berislav Horvatic wrote:I rather prefer them alive... painted by Nature/God.

Obviously, them and every other living thing...although not sure why you put two options for the painter ;)
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Re: Museum of Natural History in Berlin

Postby Berislav Horvatic » Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:45 pm

Ilian Velikov wrote:
Berislav Horvatic wrote:I rather prefer them alive... painted by Nature/God.

Obviously, them and every other living thing...although not sure why you put two options for the painter ;)

Just to satisfy everybody around. I wouldn't risk being accused of... whatever. Of course God is dead, Nietzsche said
that quite clearly more than a century ago, but it takes some time to get rid of the corpse... Too much time, if you
ask me. But don't.
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Re: Museum of Natural History in Berlin

Postby Berislav Horvatic » Tue Jun 06, 2017 9:02 pm

Mario Schweiger wrote:
Berislav Horvatic wrote:And they don't bite, provided you hold them really gently.

you wouldnt be the first, dying from Heloderma bite - even specialists, working for years with the species.

I have never been called to attend a case of Gila monster bite, and I don't want to be.
I think a man who is fool enough to get bitten by a Gila monster ought to die. The
creature is so sluggish and slow of movement that the victim of its bite is compelled
to help largely in order to get bitten.
— Dr. Ward, Arizona Graphic, September 23, 1899

BTW, they have sharp claws, so if they don't find your "gentle grip" comfortable enough,
they try to acquire a better position - and that hurts a little bit... but they don't bite.
Or at least didn't bite me.
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Re: Museum of Natural History in Berlin

Postby Ilian Velikov » Wed Jun 07, 2017 11:39 pm

Berislav Horvatic wrote:Of course God is dead, Nietzsche said
that quite clearly more than a century ago, but it takes some time to get rid of the corpse...

:lol: ...yeah and the stench is becoming unbareable, but let's leave this discussion for the sake of the more sensitive among us.
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