Students at our school found a dead cat last year under our hall , it had been there for a long long time and has been mumified I suppose you would call it. It is in perfect condition but no one here knows how we could keep it as it is a real hit with the students in the science department and we are not sure if now that it is open to fresh air what will happen to it. Maybe we could set it in some resin of some sort. Any ideas . It stinks a bit but not to bad but we would love to store it somehow?????
One of my Science teachers found a mumified cat (in perfect order) a couple of years ago. We now store it at the back of her lab. She layed the cat on a piece of very thick white cardboard and attached it with fishing line, (put small holes in the cardboard in several places and threaded the line around the cat and through the holes).
I had my niece who goes to Quirindi High down during the holidays (Daisy Robinson).
Hello,
we are the proud? custodians of a mumified tortoise. It is so old it doesn't even smell anymore but is a huge hit with the students as it looks so real and doesn't weigh much at all of course.
The effect is very much like I would expect the freeze drying method of preserving animals would do.
I would put some naphthalene (NOT mothballs) inside the stomach cavity of your cat to improve the odour. Perhaps also contact a museum and ask their advice....talk about donating your body to Science......
~Robyn
Trying to get back in the swing of things but it is hard.
Along the same lines as mummified cats and that,
I have a real skeleton that needs to be put to rest somewhere....
Giving it a burial is out of the question, the police don't see the humour in digging up skeletons.
I believe there is a company that takes them and gives you a discount on new skeletons.
Hi Julia,
There is a company in Melbourne (Richmond area) called Mentone Education and they take old skeletons for new (but I am not sure about old REAL skeletons). They gave us $100 refund for our old one (which was headless) and we bought a brand new one a couple of years ago.
Perhaps you could contact the local hospital, or rescue services where they train volunteers, perhaps they could use it for demonstrations. Along the same lines, my chiropractor was looking for a real skeleton for many years, but finally had to purchase a plastic model.
We also have a couple of dodgy skeletons that need updating, So that's good to know.
The real skeleton is incomplete as it was vandilised a few years ago, but I can't help feeling that it was a real person and deserves to be put to rest.
Hi Julia and others,
Welcome back to all for another school year.
The anatomy departments of universities might be interested in real skeletons. They are accustomed to having real bodies that have been donated for scientific purposes and adhere to guidelines that maintain respect for the deceased. My daughter studied Human Biology at Curtin and I know that they had certain protocols regarding these matters. Try Curtin or UWA and then let us know if this is an option for others who might be in the same situation.
Kind Regards
Teresa
, it had been there for a long long time and has been mumified I suppose you would call it. It is in perfect condition but no one here knows how we could keep it as it is a real hit with the students in the science department and we are not sure if now that it is open to fresh air what will happen to it. Maybe we could set it in some resin of some sort. Any ideas 
. It stinks a bit but not to bad but we would love to store it somehow????? 
