Warning: Blood Ahead!

Seriously, if you don't like blood, Do Not Read On!

Here are the photos I took from the skinning and stuffing we did in mammology

Here is my hairy tailed mole - Peter! I think he was 133 mm long from the last vertebrate in his tail to his snout. I first cut a hole about an inch and a half in his mid underside.
I'm about half way through here. Can you see his tailbones? Getting those out was incredibly difficult. We had to pull the ligaments off the skin and push the feet through. Once the feet were free up to the ankles, we cut them off. This was the feet will remain with the skin.
All that's left here is the snout. The center is where it is still connected. The left side is the skin/fur inside out, the right side is all the rest of his insides.
Here he is separated and I pushed his skin right side out. I used all that corn meal to dry up any fluids during the procedure and rubbed it all over the inside in attempts to remove any extra flesh that would eventually rot and reek if left behind.
Next was cotton stuffing and wire poking. We added the wires so the feet and tail would remain straight.
Here, Peter is all sown up and ready to mount momentarily.
I had to pin his feet and tail down during the drying process. Latter next week I get to keep him. I think he'll make a nice partner for Oliver, our stuffed duck (fake - store bought toy) that we travel with and take photos during our journeys.