Hey, if anyone is looking for a taxidermied mongoose having a final battle with a taxidermied cobra, and has just been waiting for one to be dumped in the hard rubbish of a southeast Melbourne household, HMU.
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Hey, if anyone is looking for a taxidermied mongoose having a final battle with a taxidermied cobra, and has just been waiting for one to be dumped in the hard rubbish of a southeast Melbourne household, HMU. This will go quickly!
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Fun fact: These used to get seized by Customs because the cobra still has the fangs, and so it probably still has the venom sacs, which might not be empty, and cobra anti-venom is hard to find in Australia.
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@davidtheeviloverlord @futzle out of curiosity, how long would cobra venom remain dangerous in such a piece? is it an issue when just imported, or could it be so even after years of the taxidermy piece being kept around?
I tried a quick internet search, but the only result that didn't smell of slop was wikihow that talked about having to freeze it immediately after collection (for use in antivenom production), but a) that's wikihow b) there may be other consideration of spoilage there that could make the result not suitable, while still dangerous
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I'm honestly not sure. I guess it comes down to one question: are you willing to risk it?
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@davidtheeviloverlord @valhalla The house it came out of had two autistic preteen boys. It will not (now) have venom.
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@futzle @davidtheeviloverlord that's not exactly the most reassuring way to put it, but at least from the wording I hope that either the house now has two autistic youths, or that it doesn't anymore because they have moved elsewhere in good health :D -
@davidtheeviloverlord @futzle I'm in the wrong side of the world for it to be anything more than idle musing for me :)
