LED Throwie Rat (or Mouse)

Step 8 Throw!

Throw, toss, or carefully stick your Throwie to a nice metal surface.

Since these critters require a fair amount of work, you'll probably want to retrieve your Mouse or Rat LED Throwie after use. Choose your site wisely and you can have nearly endless fun.

Let me know if you have any particularly good suggestions for Rodent Throwie deployment locations- pictures or video are even better!

Acknowledgements:
Thanks to Eric for soldering; to Leslie, Eric, and Cloude for pictures; and to Ningo for the inspiration.

Comments

[bionerd]

hey there! i just did my first ever taxidermy, thanks to your MOUSE TAXIDERMY instructable! thanks so much for that! :-) my rat looks sort of like a ferret, as i didnt quite manage to get the "hunchback"... oh well... anyway, my suggestion is to sink the LEDs deeper into the "skull", so they look like real rat's eyes and dont stick out all that much... except for the weird color. ;-) a few questions though... my rat smells somewhat. not worse than the smell when it was fresh, and it doesnt smell rotten... but it still has a scent now. my rat was a roadkill, and thus, very bruised (see pictures)... could it rot away? yes, i used plenlty of borax and cornmeal, as you suggested in your tutorial. also, how do i best get a "hunchback", ie "natural" pose for a sitting rat, next time? thanks so much and keep up the great work!

[blackbeardlion]

@slackerluddite. if you die can i turn you into a taxidermy led throwie?

[toth_create]

Sure, a body is just a puppet. The real me is my conciousness.

I also wish to add that I like the idea of a mouse throwie more than that of a rat throwie. Mouse smallnesss seems better in synch with the throwie spirit.

[frenzy]

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[Jagbassjosh]

This is so wrong, how could you do this. you are sick...AND I LOVE IT!!! This instructable is so delightfully demented, I can't even begin to describe how giddy I am. My college professors are getting their cars Rat throwied for sure.

[dream of dmt]

i love this :)

[revtkatt]

Sport death, sir.

Awesome.

[sparkington.]

well you could use smaller led like 3mm or different colours led

[cappielloken92]

sick asses!

[cleanskies]

Nice. Raises the entertaining and probably ASBO-provoking possibility of helping roadkill get its own back by ratting passing cars, buses etc. If you could bear to be parted from your dearly departed rat-lantern, that is.

[moe_stooge]

Cut down a fishing rod and cast it. You can get it back if you use high gauge line. It also brings in the option of dangling, if you are a hi-rise dweller. Rats will be here after we're all long gone, slacker.

[canida]

That's a really smart idea! Once the magnet catches you can just tie off the line somewhere for later retrieval, and the line is virtually invisible. Unfortunately you've posted this on the last step instead of for the entire Instructable, so most people won't see it by default. :( Of course, if they're likely to be able to use the advice they'll have read more thoroughly.