First he skinned and cut off the backlegs, that makes it easier to attach the carcass to the tractor. Because guanacos have such a long neck it's difficult the start to skin it the normal way (from tail to head) so Terry decided to skin the head first before hanging the carcass upside down.
Once we had it upside down the skinning passed by pretty fast! It's a matter of cutting the attaching membrane between the body and the skin. It's important to keep the sharpe blade in the direction of the body. In that way you don't cut any holes in your future carpet. I'm proud to say that I skinned a little part of it myself.
Thereafter it was time to examine the inside, the intestins, to see what caused the death of Taschi. Well, we can tell that his stomach was full which is normal but the small intestin was totally empty. That means that there could have been a torsion somewhere which caused a severe digestion problem. The second thing we've noticed is that his lungs where dark red instead of pink so they were full of blood. He also had a bruise on his head probably caused by a horsekick but we didn't know wether it was fresh or it was something that happened in the past.
The combination of sunlight and an emty ribcage makes you realise again how a body wether if its an animal or a human being is build so symmetric, almost beautiful to look at.
So in Belgium your neighbours would probably call the police if you were skinning your favourite pet in your backgarden. Well my friends, this is Canada...you just do it and you drag the leftovers into the woods for the wolves or you just feed the carcass to your dogs...that's just the way it is!
Dit maakt allemaal deel uit van ons intens avontuur. We leren ook uit deze negatieve en sombere dingen des levens. We zijn dus niet helemaal zeker wat zijn dood veroorzaakt heeft maar er was alleszins iets ernstig fout boven onze macht. Terry vertelde nog dat het dier de dag voordien geregeld opstond en terug ging liggen en redelijk onrustig leek. Een kleine reatie van de reeds bovenvermelde docenten zou hier misschien wel handig zijn ; )!
Met vriendelijke groeten
T&H.
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