Hehe - "to splash" is slightly exaggerated to describe what actually happens =) As, the stun gun delivers a fierce blow of a piston, and then a string pulls the piston back into its chamber. Although, sometimes the piston gets stuck inside the skull of the animal, and I have to pull the entire stun gun away from the skull, which then releases the piston and allows the string to pull the piston back. And it is exactly that returning piston which retrieves some red-white goo out of the skull.

Well, but since this tanning business is interesting, and generated a nice discussion, I set a goal of trying actual tanning this spring, and then writing a blog entry about it, so we can continue the discussion in a fresh comment section =)