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Skinning is the act of skin removal. The process is usually done with animals, mainly as a means to prepare the muscle tissues beneath for consumption or for use of the fur or tanning of the skin. The skin may also be used as a trophy, sold on the fur market, or used as proof of kill wha bounty (reward) from a government health, agricultural, or game agency, in the case of a declared pest. Two common methods of skinning are open skinning and case skinning. Typically large animals are open skinned and smaller animals are case skinned.〔Churchill 1983, p.2.〕 Skinning, when it is performed on live humans as a form of capital punishment or murder is referred to as flaying. == Skinning Methods == Case skinning is a method where the skin is peeled from the animal like a sock. One would usually use this method if the animal is going to be stretched out or put in dry storage.〔Burch 2002, p.63〕 Many smaller animals are case skinned, leaving the skin mostly undamaged in the shape of a tube.〔Burch 2002, p.66〕 Although the method of case skinning individual animals varies slightly, the general steps remain the same. To case skin an animal, it should be hung upside down by its feet. A cut should be made in one foot, and continued up the leg, around the anus and down the other leg. From there the skin can be pulled down the animal as though removing a sweater.〔Churchill 1983, p.44〕 Open skinning is a method where the skin is removed from the animal like a jacket. This method is generally used if the skin is going to be tanned immediately or frozen for storage. A skin removed by the open method can be used for wall hangings or rugs.〔Burch 2002, p.63〕 Larger animals are often skinned using the open method.〔Churchill 1983, p.44〕 To open skin an animal, the body should be placed on a flat surface. A cut should be made from anus to lower lip, and up the legs of the animal. The skin can then be opened and removed from the animal.〔Churchill 1983, p.44〕 The final step is to scrape the excess fat and flesh from the inside of the skin with a blunt stone or bone tool. Dorsal skinning is very similar to process of open skinning, however instead of making a cut up the stomach of the animal, the cut is made along the spine. This method of skinning is very popular among taxidermists, as the backbone is easier and cleaner to access than the stomach and between the legs.〔Triplett 2006, p.52〕 The best way to make a dorsal incision is to lay the animal on its abdomen and make a single cut from the base of the tail to the shoulder region. The animal’s skin is easier to remove if it has been freshly killed.〔Triplett 2006, p.53〕 Cape skinning is the process of removing the shoulder, neck and head skin for the purpose of displaying the animal as a trophy on the wall. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skinning」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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