Penny Caniver

These specimens are often preserved as proof-positives of mermaids, devils, angels and dragons, but in reality they're the skeletons and mummified remains of rays and skate fish that have been carved or modified to look different and mysterious, and then preserved with varnish. Originally created by Rockhopper's pirate crew back in his home island who carved "mermaids" out of dried cuttlefish, these "young gals of Rockhopper Island" or Peune de Canvers in French, became "Penny Canivers" as they were sold to british penguins, terns and others.