#fur bearing trout

[shadyufo]

painting a few more fur-bearing trout plaques. they'll be in my etsy shop soon <3

[siryl]

Some years ago a lady brought to the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh a trout covered with a fine coat of white fur. It was pleasingly mounted on a wooden shield and was labelled as follows:

FUR BEARING TROUT Very Rare Caught while trolling in Lake Superior off Gros Cap, Near Sault Ste. Marie, district of Algoma. It is believed that the great depth and the extreme penetrating coldness of the water in which these fish live has caused them to grow their dense coat of (usually) white fur. Mounted by ROSS C. JOBE, Taxidermist of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.

Visiting the museum to find out more about her unique fish, the lady was told that it was undoubtedly a trout (either brown or brook) and that its fine white coat was undoubtedly from a rabbit, whereupon she immediately presented the fish to the museum. She had bought this fake in good faith which indicates that the idea of a fur-bearing trout did not seem outlandish to her.

―Stanley Peter Dance, Animal Fakes & Frauds, 1976

[tizooky]

A set of stamps based on various North American cryptids

[kaylees-art]

Some fake Littlest Pet Shops I designed based on mythical creatures :3

[lesbospirk]

T'Lyn <3

[cryptid-quest]

HOAX of the Day: Fur Bearing Trout

Description: Ever since settlers came to the Great Lakes of North America, they have come back with stories of Fur-Bearing Trout... Or at least, a trout they glued fur to. Though the trouts are usually made as a joke, the inspiration for this bizarre hoax comes from a real disease suffered by fish called Saprolegnia.

[violetmagician]

Some more designs for possible cryptid matroyshka pins

[diurnaldaysart]

fur-bearing trout hours

[pookabagi]

another for the pile

[lighterium]

Yearly Fir doodle

[trichechus2707]

look at him

[shadyufo]

Etsy shop update TOMORROW (8/12) at 10 am CDT.

Little sheep skull, roe deer antlers, pronghorn antelope horns, cow skull cap, fur-bearing trout artwork, and two dental plaques including the largest one I've done so far!

I'll reblog this tomorrow when everything goes up <3

[amaranth-hollow]

Fur-bearing trout - Freehanded 2022

[sideshowjingles]

[kaylees-art]

Y’all liked my designs- so come get ‘em on my Redbubble!

[angayls]

behold fur bearing trout