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Pickled chinese dragon larva

Posted by Valerie ReVander, ruahninetales@anumail.net, on Sun, Apr 23 2006, 7:39pm

I wanted to share this picture of the faux-specimen I made before it's sold on Ebay. It was a ton of fun to make. I hope some of the rest of you are making curios to enjoy or sell too.

Comment by: winxitt on Nov 09, 2008

THATS NOT A DRAGON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by: jesusfreak on Oct 13, 2008

a dragon in a pickle jar!!! what next!!!

Comment by: Martin L on Oct 06, 2008

dam missed them on ebay - haha why dont peeps read all the info
ps they look like they came off star gate sg1 lol

Comment by: Yuki on Sep 19, 2008

I take it no one reads captions, she said it is faux...meaning FAKE!

Comment by: Jolttra on Sep 16, 2008

There was another man who calmed to have a pickeld dragon. It turned out to be a rubber modle, so whats to say this isnt any differant.

Comment by: nessy on Jun 01, 2008

sea food
brown dog rules

Comment by: bdrag on May 26, 2008

COOL!!!!

Comment by: G.T the Crypto-Hunter on Apr 28, 2008

Thats pretty cool Not many dragon models out there. Atleast that look like that.

Comment by: PVRPLE-GRIMACE on Apr 15, 2008

makes me hungry

Comment by: fairysister on Mar 05, 2008

its cool lol i like it my mom would freak she luvs dragons

Comment by: Bargeran on Feb 04, 2008

its just playdough

Comment by: Ashlyn on Dec 29, 2007

So dragons are real. I new I was right.

Comment by: plezio-nessie on Dec 02, 2007

Can I get some cocktail sauce, please?

Comment by: Lycandrake on Nov 19, 2007

They should market these. I'd buy one!

Comment by: TexasCryptid on Nov 01, 2007

even though it is fake. that doesnt mean someone else may want to buy it for their own collection of crypto or unusual items. look at colemans collection alot of what he has isnt real al just good fakes or representations of what something may or may not look like. i tend to collect anything i find unusual or interesting. plus these such items are great convo peices and cool to show off to friends and family. isnt everyday someone gets to see something of an odd interest in anothers home or on display for all to see.

Comment by: CriptidGurlhunter on Oct 29, 2007

dontch u all know it is a frekin hoax!!!!!!!!!

Comment by: mury103 on Oct 21, 2007

Do you guys ever read the poster's bit? IT SAYS IT IS FAKE. Geez!

Comment by: lookanoob on Oct 18, 2007

wow i had know idea dragons were real

Comment by: Roachi on Sep 21, 2007

That's no dragon, it my pet snake, twice removed

Comment by: westvoja on Jul 04, 2007

If you heat it up with a light bulb, it will become a Lava Lamp

Comment by: Crypticlover on Jun 15, 2007

What are they made out of??

Comment by: AbeLincoln_ROCKZ_ on Jun 13, 2007

It looks like a ferrit.

Comment by: ufoncntr on May 25, 2007

I agree with cryptidkeeper.

Comment by: Cot-keeper on May 11, 2007

Yay! newts!

Comment by: Lolita on May 07, 2007

reminds me of a faux baby dragon I saw once, I might upload the picture

Comment by: Crypticlover on May 05, 2007

if i didn't know better, i would have thought they were real.

Comment by: yuna00 on Mar 25, 2007

COOL! what exactly did u make it out of?

Comment by: Jess_man on Mar 19, 2007

i would buy it

Comment by: methe1andonly on Mar 16, 2007

wooowwwww

Comment by: Greg Solstice on Feb 23, 2007

The word that first springs to mind is...

COOL!
Truly, that is a work of art.

Comment by: mothmanisdifferent80 on Jan 21, 2007

thts spiffy. my word. no one elses.

Comment by: Nessie_Lover1499 on Jan 20, 2007

is that illegal????? LOL

Comment by: Nessie_Lover1499 on Jan 20, 2007

cool

Comment by: bigfoot is real on Jan 20, 2007

I heard of something like this where someone caught a dragon in a jar and looked exectly like that

Comment by: Draco Elendil2 on Jan 15, 2007

not dragon

Comment by: evilman9992 on Jan 03, 2007

i agree with the sculpy thing but if it was real i would say a skink and if i where to say its a dragon i would say of the chinese orgin...

Comment by: Maven on Dec 28, 2006

Very Cool. I did a similar "thing in a jar" with sculpy. A little Cuhthuluesque embryo I named Squishums. Had to suspend it in a double strength Knox gelatin though. Didn't want my kids using him for a snow globe.

Comment by: Sadistic-Jellyfish-Of-Doom on Oct 15, 2006

Looks like a skink.

Comment by: Puppyluvr on Oct 10, 2006

Wow that is really good. How did you make it? I mean what material? It looks a little too white, but very believable

Comment by: Dizon__100 on Oct 05, 2006

just a toy but nice work.

Comment by: wolfe116 on Oct 04, 2006

i think its just plastic or something

Comment by: I_am_a_werewolf on Sep 18, 2006

I can't make out the head....

Comment by: Dr. Rick G. on Sep 16, 2006

I doubt it's pickled, and there is good detail in that dragons may have existed. People mistaking a dragon for a dinosaur is outragouse! Put some wings on a T-Rex and see if he can fly. It had different make up than most dinosaurs, My opinion the dragon was a dinosaur of it's own kind.

Comment by: ZERO_NIGHTMARE on Aug 17, 2006

actually i beleive people mistook dinosuars as dragons... thats my only explanation

Comment by: ngui on Aug 13, 2006

very impressive

Comment by: lungfish! on Aug 07, 2006

sweet

Comment by: Medarex on Aug 04, 2006

looks like Imperial dragon...2bad its not real

Comment by: ZERO_NIGHTMARE on Aug 04, 2006

how did you make it? its also cool.

Comment by: Jester-cap on Aug 03, 2006

nice whats it made of, any ways im sort of a dragonologist and u sould call it a chinese lung embryo or an imperial dragon embryo sorry to critisis but u know hard not to.....

Comment by: nireviper44 on Jul 27, 2006

If only it were real!

Comment by: crypted_newby on Jul 25, 2006

wase of time

Comment by: seduisant_sang on Jul 22, 2006

Beautiful job but if you ever do the same hoax again, I'd suggest making detail a little sharper and adding a light yellow color, instead of all white. That way it doesn't look so much like foam.

Comment by: Mothmanlover on Jul 18, 2006

that's awsome!!! i wish i could make one of those

Comment by: cryptidchick411 on Jul 15, 2006

i want one of those dragons they are so cool looking, to bad they are FAKE. A live dragon would be a great petmaybe.

Comment by: Bleeding_Halo on Jul 13, 2006

That looks really good.

Comment by: Dreamcatcher on Jul 09, 2006

i love how some people still think its real when several people including valerie said it was FAKE and that she MADE it

Comment by: dr.drake on Jul 04, 2006

looks pretty real

Comment by: alaskan-cryptid-lover on Jul 02, 2006

Cool where was it found

Comment by: Tennyson on Jun 13, 2006

that's no dragon its like a giant skink

Comment by: no-it-all on Jun 12, 2006

did u say it was fake on ebay?

Comment by: Dr. Croccer on Jun 12, 2006

I think its a dead body of a Olm Cave-salamander that remains his larval form his entire life. If its a model, than its a damn good one!

Comment by: Lycan on Jun 08, 2006

Whee! Luck dragon!

Comment by: Lake Monster Maniak on May 26, 2006

Snakes don't have hind legs or fins, AND FOR CRYIN' OUT LOUD SHE SAID HERSELF IT WAS FAKE!!

Comment by: PHantomblob on May 18, 2006

looks like a pickled snake to me.
could be dragon larva though.

Comment by: taco on May 16, 2006

dude sweet but it may be fake

Comment by: I-Love-Sushi on May 09, 2006

ewwwwwwwwwww is it real jK thats cool how long did it take you to make it and what is it made out of.

Comment by: sratherls on May 08, 2006

impossible is nothing. ehuehueuh

Comment by: fairysister on May 07, 2006

im with cg she said it was fake that she made them

Comment by: YarriWarrior on May 07, 2006

Very Nice, Val!!!!!!Do more!!!!!!!!!

Comment by: fairysister on May 04, 2006

gross!! *she said in exitment*

Comment by: MonsterMan01 on May 03, 2006

cool!!!I saw one of those before

Comment by: BadMulder on May 03, 2006

very cool, Val! Nice work, I want one. Like the "old cork bottle" look..

Comment by: bigger than life on May 03, 2006

hey if eat one you'll turn into a full blown dragon...... heard their good with tartar sauce.

Comment by: oxbow55 on May 03, 2006

what is it made out of?

Comment by: Nashwa on May 02, 2006

Wow, great work!

Comment by: CryptidChick on May 01, 2006

Kool... bet you it'll make the news O_O

Comment by: cherokee on May 01, 2006

Val, I've never responded to anything in the gallery since they started having comments here, because it gets a little crazy. But I had to reply to this. Outstanding work! How did you make those? What are they made of? And can you add color? Oh, and are they real? Couldn't resist.

Comment by: Sordes on Apr 30, 2006

The only terrestrial vertebrates which have some kind of larvae-stadium are marsupials, but the dragon of the chinese mythology has several larvae-stadiums similar to an amphibium, so the idea to create a hypothetical tadpole-like dragon-larvae is really cool.
By the way Many animals lose their colour in alkohol very fast, and they are indeed sometimes as white as this model.

Comment by: Cisco on Apr 30, 2006

looks like porcelain

Comment by: "C "man on Apr 27, 2006

very cool

Comment by: Valerie ReVander on Apr 27, 2006

Karl
Let's just get pickled on some fine brandy and discuss art

Comment by: Con-Rit on Apr 26, 2006

Yeah, forgot about those, but I sort of meant land animals.

Comment by: mythbusterZMan on Apr 26, 2006

More formal name for Chinese dragon Chinese Lung. Make it as convincing as you can if your going to sell it on ebay.

Comment by: Sordes on Apr 26, 2006

Many animals have larvae-stadiums, for example crustaceens, most fish and cephalopods, but reptilies not. It looks very cool, I have also a rough model of a dragon embryo I wanted to make some time ago...hope I will find the time to finish it.

Comment by: Miss Bert on Apr 26, 2006

I think it's pretty cool. I want to ask how you did it, but I'm sure it's a secret.

Comment by: Azra Nogaru on Apr 26, 2006

hmm, very intreagueing. if it had the spine spikes, itll look more realistic

Comment by: Karl on Apr 26, 2006

Both creative and ingenious Val. I'm genuinely impressed. Let me know when you're ready to pickle some of these kids. I'll help you.

Comment by: alien cat on Apr 25, 2006

i think he mean embro

Comment by: Con-Rit on Apr 25, 2006

I know it's fake, but the only other animal I know of other than an insect that has a larva stage is some salamanders. Would a reptillian have a larva stage? Nice job, anyway.

Comment by: Breakaway on Apr 25, 2006

"For those of you who think it's not real...IT'S NOT I MADE IT. And said so in the original text. To the nice complimenters, thank you!" I wasn't implying that I was disapointed that it wasn't real. I knew it wasn't. Please don't take offense, I didn't mean to imply you were hurting feelings. Nice job! Bye!

P. S. Don't reply.

Comment by: Valerie ReVander on Apr 25, 2006

For those of you who think it's not real...IT'S NOT I MADE IT. And said so in the original text. To the nice complimenters, thank you!

Comment by: dragon_draconis on Apr 25, 2006

how did you do that?!

Comment by: canadian_guy on Apr 24, 2006

LoL Come on ppl all u need to do is read a little bit come on. It says it is fake, so u dont have to be like it dosent look real or it could be real Arrg.

Anyways i like it i wish i had somthin like that and be like look what i have and say it is real lol

Comment by: Breakaway on Apr 24, 2006

I like it.

Comment by: mythbusterZMan on Apr 24, 2006

I didn't know reptiles had larvae. Cool creation though. I for one read that you MADE them.

Comment by: truth_girl on Apr 24, 2006

nice. very interesting

Comment by: Cryptophsyco on Apr 24, 2006

careful what u buy it looks fake

Comment by: mrpip on Apr 24, 2006

OF COURSE it IS NOT real, thats what is implied when the poster used the prefix "faux" or even when he said "I made". Cool pic.