I thought it was one of those fake pet store mice for your cats. I 2nd Brandonman’s W.T.F.!

Man, that’s like Addams Family creepy!

Great not only do I have a dead mouse skin on my mouse I have to pay $1000 do the the thing out of my cat!

This is ridiculous. If you have nothing to post about, just don’t post.

http://www.instructables.com/id/Compubeaver—%3E-How-to-case-mod-a-beaver—in-29-e/

don’t forget the beaver case mod

Whoa and it was made by a chick. My mind is
blown; there are girls on the internet and they cut up dead mice.

Seriously, it IS that disgusting. why not just go down to the county shelter and get a puppy. As long as it’s treated an such it won’t be gross.

I gone say this is freaky cool. Now its a real mouse :)

OMG THIS IS THE FUCKING SHIT CREEPY!!!

To make it even creepier just add in an audio playback chip + speaker so whenever you press one of the buttons it makes a death-rattle squeaking sound.

holy crap that hilarious!
too bad it wasnt alive and still guided your pointer lol

Hmm, looks like something I might do. I’m more likely to craft an artificial mouse since I already know how to do that (and have some old fur coats I’ve being looking to cut up for projects). If I ever feel like learning taxidermy though (I don’t see why people have problems with dead animals, the pig dissection in high school bio just made me want bacon), this would be at the top of my list of things to do.

FINALLY!!!! After 3 years I never thought I would see this…. AGAIN! YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Beautiful. I should make one to go with my raccoon keyboard

Dressing them up in shirts too. Its not the taxidermy part that creeps me out, its the applications. Its like the squirrels on scrubs.

@StarChaser, 81rdm4n. They’re just bitching because they value the lives of animals higher than that of people, and the mere suggestion that the body of an animal could be used for our entertainment confuses and disgusts them. Never mind all the animal-products in everything we eat, and the food chain. Some idiots will forever refuse rational thought when they see some stupid animal dead.

I think this is more up Dr. Jan Itor’s alley than Dwight’s, actually.

Why stop at mice?

Every year millions of squirrels and groundhogs are killed along the nations highways. Waste not want not.

Haha, that thing is hilarious. I wouldn’t mind having one of these mice lying around.

I’m pretty surprised at the amount of disgust this has received, I wouldn’t have expected it from this crowd.

@CletustheYokel

More like waste not rot not hehehe

I don’t see why this is so offensive. Hell we wrap ourselves in cow hides…think about that for a minute…

Now that is awesome. Who says all taxidermies have to be mounted on the wall, or in a museum? Although I might draw the line at taxidermy robotics.

damn this instructable is old, you guys really need to explore that site some more

Personally, the only problem (or biggest atleast) I have with this is that it retains the head and limbs. Using the pelt is one thing, that’s okay (as long as I wasn’t involved in the making of it) but keeping the entire thing is another.

It’s just disturbing…

This is just cruel.

Wow… thats just disgusting. Whats even worse are some of these responses “so what I have 4 deer heads mounted on my wall” “dissecting a pig just made me want bacon” WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE!? One day when your gone from this world, you may not go to hell. But “they” will definitely have some questions for you before letting you into heaven.

@Shawn:

When was the last time you read your Bible? Try Genesis 9:1-3 (http://tinyurl.com/yjothre).

Our Creator gave us stewardship over EVERYTHING in the world. Specifically, animals are to be food for us. By extension, the rest of the animal, rather than going to waste, should be used for purposes just such as this (although I doubt the ‘ible poster ate the rat meat).

While we’re here, let’s just squash that whole “climate change” myth, as well. Just cast your eye one verse up to Genesis 8:22 (http://tinyurl.com/yz2e25p).

BTW, who was it that made the the first two leather items EVER? Oh, yeah… ALMIGHTY GOD HIMSELF! And to whom did He give them? THE MAN WHO BROUGHT SIN INTO THE WORLD (and his wife)! http://tinyurl.com/ydzaenk

There are too many other things wrong with your post to cover here. I’d be glad to study with you any time, though. runnerpack [at] gmail [dot] com

A: It’s not cruel, the mouse is dead.
B: It’s not gross, the mouse is clean.
C: It’s a DEAD MOUSE. The things are almost universally pests. It’s kinda weird, but kinda cute in a strange fashion.

Thumbs up for the mouse mouse.

damn and I just disposed of 14 nice lil’ grey pelts… I remember thinking, wow, these poor lil guys sure are soft and have such nice shiny coats, shame, what a waste… oh well atleast they aren’t getting their urine all over my pantry.. people really have no idea how much their lives destroy lil animals every single day of their lives… get over yourselves, everything you do destroys something else. at least this woman has a creepy-cute clicker.

@Shawn

“But “they” will definitely have some questions for you before letting you into heaven.”

I thought “God” said that we could basically use the animals however we want,.. oh and we can stone people to death and stuff too.

Lots of people walk around with all sorts of animal parts attached to their bodies, then ingest parts of animals… so if the invisible teapot does exist, there’s going to be a pretty long line at immigration.

I’m gonna throw up.

where’s the corresponding cat?

Horrible idea for an article. I don’t care if Pamela Anderson gets naked for PETA, but this is totally disgusting.

Wow, the level of Hack-a-Day!

I used to visit this site several times a day, looking for cool hacks, it used to be informative and entertaining. I’m afraid it has not been for a while now.

Judging by the conversations here, I’m back in high school… Not that I enjoyed that time very much, being a nerd and all…

@Cantito: “and we can stone people to death and stuff too.”

Only if we are men. There are no women here, are there?

//He’s not the son of God, he’s a very naughty boy!

@Peter

If you support the other guys you’re in for a stoning, or being raped and sold back to your rapist for a shiny penny or something..

Yeah, God just wouldn’t be down with a mouse made out of a dead mouse. But I’m not sure “he” would notice in between “testing” people with earth quakes etc.

And to moderate the comments…

Jesus. I thought one of the rules of the internet stated that there were no girls. Yet here we are with a page nearly full of them.

Awesome and hilarious, add my vote to the “somebody test it out at a cafe” pile.

Can you stop posting articles that are several years old? I could have sworn this was already on hack-a-day…

I would only want one that was a fake mouse.

Taxidermy is respectful to the animal.
Taking a taxidermied animal and putting computer components inside is disrespectful.

So this is how the Borg got started. They assimilated rodents first.

Are rodents covered under the Federation Charter?

Usually when I see something on this site that I deem irrelevant, boring, or “lame”, I skip and move on to the next one. I wish everyone here did that. But my favorite has to be those that demand they(HAD) don’t post anything in the event that what they’re considering could be seen as unsatisfactory for some of the readers, which I can relate to, as that is what I feel about your posts…you must be long-timers here, cause that’s a pretty high level of comfort you’re exhibiting.

This is just another general complaint comment against the waves of complainers, which I tend to see from time to time. It makes me wary of even reading the comment section which is unfortunate, because there can be just as many insightful comments on this site. Ah well.

Why is the tail on the ass of the mouse? very unpractical.

Nice hack btw.

I would think a baby armadillo would make a better HID.

I live in the desert. I appreciate nature, so my property is natural– filled with desert scrub and cacti. Because humans have decimated the natural predators, including coyotes, snakes, and predatory birds, the pack rat population is exploding.

Pack rats carry disease, and parasites like so-called “kissing beetles.” Kissing beetles are blood suckers that find their way into people’s homes when pack rats build their nests nearby. Those bugs, in turn, carry pathogens that can make both humans and pets like dogs and cats sick.

Not only that, pack rats do *millions* of dollars worth of physical damage each year. They chew holes in walls, and they gnaw their way into attics. They climb into engine compartments and, in an evening of chewing, can do thousands of dollars worth of damage to your car. (Ask me how I know.) They gnaw house wiring, leading to fires and the loss of both the structure and human lives.

These creatures are vermin, and if every pack rat I had ever seen was skinned and turned in to a computer peripheral, I would dance a little jig with joy.

In fact, were it not for the few remaining rattlesnakes, owls, and hawks that feed on them (animals for whom I have great sympathy) I would happily support the eradication of every rat in existence.

Yes, this project is a little on the creepy side, and no, I would never have this on my work station. But it *is* funny, creative, and fundamentally no different than a deer head mounted to wall, or for that matter, a leather belt or shoe.

If you don’t like the material HAD posts, then leave. If enough people leave, HAD will change their content.

I for one will *not* leave. Too much good stuff here… even blinking LEDs and arduinos.

So you don’t have a $6,000,000 budget, but we can still try… New this year – THE BIONIC MOUSE… ;-)

Knock, Knock.
Who’s there?
PeTA.
PeTa, Who?
Don’t Repete-a what you did.

Heh heh heh…

This is a little creepy, but mostly because it still has the head.

Reminds me of when I was in college and tossing around the idea of getting a small rc car, putting it into a skunk skin and then driving it around in the cafeteria during dinner. Could never figure out how to make sure nobody got trampled in the sure-to-ensue stampede though.

That is hilarious and awesome. There sure are a lot of thin skinned wimps that read this site. I love it!