Gosh, wish I had known about the preserving method earlier. I have one shed skin (found it in our horse feed bin) and two copper head skins. I found the copper heads dead, one in the driveway of a previous house and one out on the road. So ...... I skinned them. I have all of them displayed in a glass topped coffee table along with some empty turtle shells that I found. Oh and by the way ....... I HATE snakes .... really, really HATE snakes!!!!!