Arrow pointing to area where males can be identified |
Area for scrotum on male or area for female identification |
Meet Stanley! |
Start off by laying down your pig with its belly facing upwards, and its head closest to you. If you are working with a partner, it is helpful to have someone hold its legs and arms open so you can easily access the abdomen. If you are working alone, wrap a piece of duct tape around one limb, and continue it underneath the dissecting tray, and attach it to the other limb. This should also work to hold your pig's limbs out of the way.
Pinch a small bit of skin and make a very small superficial incision in the middle of the ventral surface.
Slowly and carefully continue to snip, pulling the scissors upwards as you cut, as to ensure you are only cutting the skin, and not the muscles underneath.
Then use your blunt probe to ease the skin away from any muscles and connective tissue. Do this on one side of your pig. The other side is there in case you mess up.
When you reach the legs and arms, cut down the limb vertically until you reach the wrist or ankle. At this point you want to cut around the limb so the full limb is exposed.
Skinning vertically down the leg |
Completed limb |
Completed arm |
Once you have completed all of these steps, your pig should look like this!
Now you're ready to find some muscles!
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