As one with a very scientific mind, I see it as a waste to simply throw out or dispose of a specimen of an exotic animal. Many museums have stuffed rare exotics that have since passed on, as to preserve thier likeness for years to come.
I feel the same way about the exotics i own myself. I've bred day geckos in the past, and as any breeder knows, 100% survival of hatchlings is very difficult, especially with the more fragile species. So I had a few hatchlings pass on shortly after birth, for reasons out of my hands, and i thought it a waste to simply toss the body out. I collected up the specimen, and preserved it in 100% Ethanol. *The only problem with this preservative, is that it's an alcohol, so it'll constrict the specimen slightly (mostly the eye's and the area below the ribs)*
Do a majority of you think this is un-ethical? Or liek me, believe this to be a way to preserve a biological specimen for many years to come?
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1.0.0 Bearded Dragon (Pagona Vetticeps)
0.0.1 Gold Dust Day Gecko (Phelsuma Laticauda Laticauda)
1.0.0 Yellow Saharan Uromastyx (Uromastyx geryi)
0.0.1 Crested Gecko (Rhacodactylus ciliatus)
0.0.2 Longtail Lizards (Takydromus sexlineatus)
2.0.0 Bettas (Dark and Light Blue) 
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