Does anyone remember if T2A era deep sea serpents are supposed to make leather?

[Talia]

• Treasure maps and MiBs will appear directly in your pack instead of on a serpent.
  

Unless the fished-up serpent is also going to despawn after a period of time, this is going to increase the spawn cluttering up the ocean. I don't particularly care one way or the other, this is just an observation.