9th grade male student and unique side job: “Reviving” life from death

Day by day meticulous with corpses in the laboratory

Nguyen Tien Minh Duy (15 years old, from Buon Ma Thuot), is a 9th grader at Tan Loi Secondary School. Duy has a special interest in fossil science and biology for a long time.

Two years ago, Duy started researching knowledge about bone staining from the Internet and studying biological and chemical documents from abroad. With rich English, the 15-year-old boy easily learns and applies to making bone staining (Diaphonization) specimens.

After a period of raising pets, Duy’s favorite animals died one by one, the 9th grader wondered how to save them forever.

Minh Duy then asked acquaintances to order and send back chemicals from Canada, the US and China for testing on animal carcasses, from aquariums and pet stores and from friends and relatives.

“I save my lucky money and “work” money for housework to buy chemicals. My parents also helped me buy an air purifier and helped build a laboratory,” Duy said, adding that when he first started, his parents objected to this.

“My parents were afraid that I would neglect my studies and kill animals. I have to convince my parents by studying hard and committing not to kill. I spend at least 1 hour in the lab every day.”

To make a complete template is very difficult and laborious, and takes a lot of time. This subject requires a lot of patience and meticulousness, the process also has many complicated steps, but Duy is very persistent.

After wearing protective gear, Duy worked in front of the laboratory table with the carcasses of animals. He used chemicals to bleach the flesh to make it transparent, then dyed the cartilage and bones. The 9th grade male student continuously adjusted the temperature, PH concentration, preservative chemicals and dyeing chemicals accordingly.

“When I first started working, I asked for 3 fish as samples. The first one was crushed, the other was not intact, and the other was dyed too much. Then I experimented on snakes and some other animals, the level also increased gradually. From there, I realized that the most important thing is to align the amount of chemicals to the right amount,” Duy said.

In addition to creating finished products, Duy also finds ways to handle waste, especially chemical waste. “As for the flesh of the specimen, I let the carrion worm handle it. With chemicals, I give them to the environmental company or process it myself in the laboratory because if it is unfortunately leaked, it will harm the environment as well as destroy the ecosystem, “said the 9th grade male student.

Up to now, Duy owns 50 bone-stained specimens of animals such as seahorses, snakes, scorpions, iguanas… The processed animal carcasses have become transparent, seeing through the bones with all kinds of things. eye-catching blue and pink. This bone staining specimen is permanent and will not be damaged or discolored.

Specimens of fish and seahorses are meticulously dyed by Minh Duy in beautiful and delicate colors.

On average, each specimen, Duy takes about 2 weeks to 3 months to complete, depending on the size of the animal. The template Duy takes the most time to make is a 1m2 long snake, currently being sold for 8 million VND.

Other specimens, Duy sold from 200,000 VND to 4 million VND. “This money I use to pay school fees, eat meals, buy school supplies or buy things for my parents. In addition, I contributed a part to my father’s charity fund to help children in difficult circumstances,” Duy said.

“The Beginning of Death”

With the voice and thoughts of a boy influenced by Trinh Cong Son’s music, Minh Duy calmly talks about the beauty of death.

“In my opinion, death also has its own beauty. It can be the end, but also the beginning of others. If animals are spiritual, they must be glad that their carcasses can be used for research. Moreover, their corpses will become works of art for people to observe and admire”, Duy shared.

Emotionally, this guy also wants to preserve the beauty of the animals that have been attached to him. “Whoever loses a pet also regrets it. If there are any unfortunate animals in my family, they will send them to me to do.”

Minh Duy is very interested in solid specimens because making this finished product is not easy.

Not only stopping at the staining of bones, Duy also researched, tinkered, and tried his hand at morphological specimens. This method helps dead animals come to life like they were alive without permanently decomposing.

Although this guy has just experimented with body fusion, this guy has produced a lifelike work and received many compliments from the online community.

In the future, Duy plans to study and do business, but dyeing animal carcasses is still his “side job”. “No matter what I do, it’s still my lifelong passion, until I “return to dust”, the 15-year-old insists.

The works “beauty of death” were posted by Duy on a large Facebook forum and quickly gained more than 26,000 likes and more than 1,600 shares. Currently, these numbers are still increasing and many people have expressed their admiration for the passion of the 15-year-old boy.

For Duy, this is also a motivation for him to continue pursuing his “side job”, as well as a step that marks a great start for the journey of “making friends with corpses”.

Minh Duy dyes animal carcasses in the laboratory.

According to soha.vn