Weird useful parts of animals?

[Squidders]

Stuck in traffic on my way to climbing tonight I was mulling some questions over in my head...

I like to think that when I bag a beasty I respect it by using as much of it as possible... skin, fur, feathers, meat, tusks, teeth...

Other than the obvious, such as leather from cows and fur from bunnies, food from the meat of loads of animals, flutes from the bones... what have you used or heard being used and what for?

Joe

 

[fred gordon]

A bullls scrotum would make an interesting Possibles Pouch don't you think? Has been done. Can't remember where I saw it though.

 

[jon r]

Apparently brains can be used to tan animal hide. I havnt tried this though, i have never even killed an animal or butchered one. Im not to keen on all the blood!

 

[jon r]

A bullls scrotum would make an interesting Possibles Pouch don't you think? Has been done. Can't remember where I saw it though.

Now that is interesting! and certainly an obscure one!

 

[Squidders]

I recall that every animal has enough brains to tan its own hide. not sure how much truth is in this...

...and BLAMO!!! first post is genital related... nice!!!

I guess you could keep your SAK and FAK in the bulls ex SACK

 

[British Red]

Well as you say - brains for tanning, intestines for sausage casing, sinew for binding, hooves for glue, part digested stomach contents for food, fat for soap, bladders for balls, stomachs for bags etc.

Red

 

[Squidders]

yeah BR but it's the etc that i'm curious about... anyone used a beak for something?

 

[BOD]

yeah BR but it's the etc that i'm curious about... anyone used a beak for something?

Ornaments and utensils are made from the hornbills beaks/bills.

Not sure what could be done with a finch though

 

[janiepopps]

Chinese herbal medicine finds a use for every little bit of an animal. Being a family site it's probably best I stop there......

 

[Porcupine]

hooves for glue

hmmm...

eyes as refreshing snack?

 

[Ketchup]

There are so many:

fish liver oil for lighting in a lamp. Feathers for painting and writing (goose feathers really work!), bird wing and rabit foot for brushes, cow horns for containers (and drinking cups) rodents teeth for shaving wood, donkey's jaws for musical instruments (rattle).

Cows and sheeps bladders for bags, for tightly closing containers or making drums,

Fish bladders fro clarifying beer and wine or thikening soups...

 

[Greg]

I was taking part in an improvisation lesson whilst in the army, The REME SSgt who was instructing, told us a story of a South African guy who bottomed his vehicle on a rock, while out in the sticks, rupturing the engine sump.
He got his rifle out and shot a Gazelle, skinned it and used the skin to make a temp repair to the sump then he used the animal fat as oil to replace the engine oil he had lost.
He then travelled over 30 miles back to his homestead.

 

[Mouldsy]

I have seen a deer's jaw bone used for a wood saw on a course I was on it worked pretty well
Rgds Davy