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Published: 2009-12-07 21:49:13 +0000 UTC; Views: 2455; Favourites: 29; Downloads: 0
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This is my new Mallard duckling, Jefferey.
He died of natural causes back in 2006 and has been freeze dried for preservation.
Duckling from *Zhon
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this is really really cool... how does he look so natural?
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thats sad, but cyute X3 at least he died of natural causes.
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freeze dried hu ..so did this involve any kind of stuffing or any thing?
thats amazing i saw this and thought it was your pet or some thing lol
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Nope, no stuffing or mounting. The only thing extra is his eyes which are hand-blown glass taxidermy eyes.
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dude that is so cool...idk if that makes me weird for saying it but man that is just cool
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Hahahah! Jeffrey!!!
I love the names people give the little duckies! I have Benjamin! I wonder what Katrine named hers...?
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She named him Frank. 
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Oh... those are cute names..I named my little ducky Galactamus Warrior From Space. Just called him Max though...
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Hahaha, Benjamin is in the Ducky Chistmas photo (closest one to the camera)
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Thanks! I missed that one... *runs off to see*
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Hehehehe I adore his poofy little chest!
*Wants to kiss it*
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Wait - it's not alive? o.o it really looks as if it were!
Sorry to hear he died, though 
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Nope, not alive. He just really looks it.
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O-O
I want to hugg it!!!
lol if u hug this too much it cant explode... as one in my childhood
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You hugged a duckling so much that it exploded??
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... myaybe....
they are so freaking soft!! D:<
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I see you have long nails like me too
Mine are fairly strong, but they always succumb when I'm trying to free my sharpener of chipped pencil lead
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My nails' strength is their flexibility, however, they do break in cold, dry weather or sometimes when I'm slicing vegetables, I'll catch one of them with the knife and it slices right into it. Better the nail than my actual finger though, right?
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I love long nails too. They're wonderful tools! :love"
They used to really get in my way when I'd be sculpting but I've gotten so used to working with them and using them during the sculpting process, I've found that when sculpting without them I am at a loss!
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Screw all those expensive tools, the best are my own hands & whatever I have lying around myt room at the given time, I find...
Whats most annoying is when I'm potting my many cacti, & their grainy, sandy soil gets jammed under my nails... Owww O.o
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Lol, agreed! I've long since looked at those fancy, expensive sculpting tools and just rolled my eyes. Mine are built in and completely free!
Ew... I hate getting sand and crumbs under my nails and will pick at it until it's removed.
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Hehe, I love that term used for nails... My friend calls me "sharky/sharkbite" cause of my braces, & how they give me an extra row of "teeth", like a shark... She refers to my actual teeth as the built in set
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Ha, I never thought of braces like shark teeth before but they do have kind of the same concept. My sister has braces and is almost to get them off.
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Yep, the double rows of teeth do have a threatenig edge... I envy her, I can't wait to get mine off
I'm going onto the "elastics" stage next... If your sidster hasn't been throught that, it means I have to hook on two tiny elastic bands onto my braces
Just a dog related query, seeing as Samoyeds are related to huskies and it seems to be only huskies that are doing this, do you think I could teach my Samoyed this trick: [link] ?
I know the people's voices are a bit.... Ehh, but this dog was the best at saying it
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I don't know too much about Samoyeds but seeing as they are a Nordic breeds, I'd say with some patience, you probably could. My dog is a German shepherd/Norwegian Elkhound and we taught him to say "I love you". It's not quite as high pitched as that husky but he's got the three syllable aspect to it really well.
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Aww, Kruger is too cute! I love both of those breeds
I visited a Samoyed breeder today, shes so great! The litter was born on Xmas eve, & the parents were such sweethearts, the dad was nothing but huggles and slobbers 
The Sam breeder said something that I think can be applied to training the I love you, "With both men and dogs, the trick to training them, is to make them think that its their idea"
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Wow!! I'd love to be surrounded by a huggly and and slobbery family of Sammies! 
"With both men and dogs, the trick to training them, is to make them think that its their idea" Lol, what a great quote. She's absolutely right though!!
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Yeah, with my phone.... I'm gong to find out if I can get the shot online, its so cute, is just the mum, with all the wriggley Samoyed puppy sausages (thats what they look like
I know! I love the quote too, I'm going to make it my comment signature.... Hehe
Oh! & theres no school until Thursday over here!!! 
I'm hoping to take this break to go back to the art gallery with the artist wh's bronzed hare skeleton is there, & ask him if I can take photos of it (with my actual camera this time, not my phone) & post them here, clearly stating tht its his work & that. I'll let ytou know if I'm allowed!!
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Any luck with taking photos of the bronzed hare skeleton?
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Not yet, but they're holding an exhibition in a month in the Crawford Art Gallery, so I hope to find the guy there. I'd also love to find out about using bronze.... Yet another thing for me to get into
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Okay, that sounds like fun!
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Aww adorable! So I don't fully understand freeze-drying - are those the original eyes and if so, how do they stay so, er, fresh? lol
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I don't understand freeze drying either and I was actually wondering that exact question about his eyes.
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If he was dried out I think he probably has false eyes. Most of your eye is actually liquidy
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I brushed against them lightly and they didn't seemed hard enough. He's from 2006 so I figure if they were going to rot or disintegrate, it would have already happened.
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So cute and adorable. I'm sorry to hear he died. Freezedried for preservation? what does that mean?
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Thank you! I'm not sure. I still need to look into exactly what the process is to freezedry something. I just know that once something has been freeze dried and is kept away from moisture and bugs, it will last for a very, very long time.
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