ryaldinhio 4,125 Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 Apologies if the title is spelt incorrectly! last week I had my hands on a stiff stoat (no joke) it had drowned, long story, and this morning I saw a roe deer at the side of the road bloated and stiff as a board. Question is does rigamortis, drowning, act of death (other tha. damage) affect taxidermy??? If not Im gutted I didnt keep the stoat, however trying to ram a cold stiff deer into the boot of a company car may not have gone unoticed! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,774 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I'd say no as everything gets rigamortis when it dies and they only use the skin and maybe bone so seazed up muscle don't matter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
walshie 2,804 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 I thought rigor mortis was temporary. Comes on a certain time after death but relaxes a while later. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MoChara 1,600 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 Yes walshie your right. Once established rigor lasts anywhere between 18-36 hours I think. It all depends on manner of death and the temperatures and location in when rigor sets in and when it ends Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jigsaw 11,809 Posted May 3, 2015 Report Share Posted May 3, 2015 (edited) my mrs asked me one morning if i had rigamortise,twas a while since she'd seen it that stiff. mo is probably right,we had the heating on early so the temprature had something to do with it.18-36 hrs,thats an overdose of viagra ,lol Edited May 3, 2015 by jigsaw 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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