Skeleton decoration- inappropriate or not?

[spiff]

Here's a fun thread for you.. a buddy of mine emails me saying he can get a class room skeleton for next to nothing and the first thing he thought is how cool it would look in my aquarium.

Now I agreed that it would look cool, especially once it browned a little and lost that bleached look, but I told him I didn't think it was right. I doubt having their skeleton serve as a decoration was not what someone intended when they left their body to science. This concept is lost on my friend. He compares a human skeleton to a piece of driftwood, remains are remains.

What do you think? I told him he's way off and bet most people would think its creepy so I placed a wager with him.

 

[vanimate]

fail

 

[Tom500]

Haha it depends what the tank setup is like. If it is a piranah tank or something it will look awesome. I understand your point with the Skeleton but if they were willing to give their skeleton to science then i suppose if your not doing weird indecent things with it it should be ok im sure they wouldnt mind. Maybe they were a keep aquarist and would like nothing more than to be submerged in your tank
I take a neutral stance in this.

 

[weezel73]

personally I think it would just be too cool! Are you sure its a real skeleton, and not some poly resin? I know I see the resin fakes alot, and the look and feel real. Either way it would be cool!

 

[spiff]

personally I think it would just be too cool! Are you sure its a real skeleton, and not some poly resin? I know I see the resin fakes alot, and the look and feel real. Either way it would be cool!

I'm not sure, I haven't seen it. I thought they're usually real though They're real when the skull has been cut open, right? I would worry about the metal holding it together too. It might not be stainless steel.

But thanks for the heads up, I didn't even consider that possiblity. Now I'm going to ask to see it. If it is poly, I'll try to get it whether or not it winds up in a tank.

With a real one, I'm not sure if I would ever get rid of the thought and feeling that Hey!, someones final earthly remains is sitting here in my living room.

 

[cassharper]

Haha it depends what the tank setup is like. If it is a piranah tank or something it will look awesome. I understand your point with the Skeleton but if they were willing to give their skeleton to science then i suppose if your not doing weird indecent things with it it should be ok im sure they wouldnt mind. Maybe they were a keep aquarist and would like nothing more than to be submerged in your tank
I take a neutral stance in this.

There we go! Because donating your body to help research/education and sitting in some guy's fish tank is exactly the same thing!

 

[hmoobvwj]

I think that will disrespect those who passed away.

 

[Psychomatrix]

I believe most Class room skeletons now are made of resin simply because they are cheap and easy to get. i have not seen a real skeleton in quite a while at least in any high school class room. i saw a couple in university but thats about it.

plus i think it would look really cool ecspecially with some Piranah or Payara

 

[Pharaoh]

Not my bag, but my nephew would want to do it. Of course, he also wants a bed that looks and functions like a real coffin. he can be quite creepy. LOL

 

[krichardson]

There are lakes in some parts of Africa that have hundreds of human skulls on their bottoms.I tried to recreate this a while ago with fake aquarium skulls but this is something else.