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Stuffed crocodile - Paul Ferguson - 09-16-2023
I'm sure we'd all like a closer look at the Teniers stuffed whatever-it-is.
This interesting blog, though not specifically alchemical, has a post on the domestic life of alchemists, and says: "crocodilians were commonly hung in the shops of apothecaries and other early modern drug-makers. They represented the natural wonders of the tropics, or 'Indies,' from which many such drugs hailed."
https://resobscura.blogspot.com/2011/01/