Crap Taxidermy

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For those of you keeping score – and God knows I am – Crappy Taxidermy boasts itself as “the Internet’s oldest and largest image gallery of crappy and awesome taxidermy since 2009.

Nish says, “People send me pictures of creatures they have seen and all I do is post them on my Twitter with a hilarious caption. The chapter explaining how to taxidermy your own mouse was particularly fascinating, but I don't think I'll be giving it a go myself! This is an excellent gift for all your wacky friends, although, maybe not if they're really into Winnie the Pooh. This volume brings together the very best of the worst (along with a DIY "Stuff Your Own Mouse" lesson by an Insect Preparator from the American Museum of Natural History), showcasing the most perverse yet imaginative anatomical reconstructions of the animal kingdom you'll ever see. He explains: “I started the page after I saw the pole dancing polar bear in a museum and thought poorly executed taxidermy might interest others.This volume brings together the very best of the worst (along with a DIY “Stuff Your Own Mouse” lesson by an Insect Preparator from the American Museum of Natural History), showcasing the most perverse yet imaginative anatomical reconstructions of the animal kingdom you’ll ever see. Be it bad, good, or bizarre, taxidermied critters are definitely a conversation starter when people step in to your house for the first time and realize your simple reading room is truly a “Where’s Waldo” of dead things. Don’t forget that the Crap Taxidermy book has a DIY stuff-your-own mouse taxidermy section if you still need to make odd one-of-a-kind xmas presents for your friends.

In the meantime, Su maintains her day job as an active-wear designer, but says she’s actually going to have to try her hand at taxidermy. I’ll admit that this subject is not meant for the faint of heart, and my own sense of humour is rather far from the base that the author is developing on.Whether you choose to laugh or cringe at these spectacularly bad attempts at taxidermy, you won’t be able to tear your eyes away from the curiosities inside. My personal favorites were the frog kicking back with a pint (Australia) and the inflated yellow horse that someone inexplicably turned into a ball (China). It's like trying to read F U Penguin without the snarky insults - just pictures with little to no meaning nor intrigue. Because quality taxidermy really depends on the skill of the taxidermist, and a simple hunting mount can turn exponentially more creepy if it isn’t done with precision or mild sobriety.

Whether you choose to laugh or cringe at these spectacularly bad attempts at taxidermy, you won't be able to tear your eyes away from the curiosities inside. I also feel like the author should have really emphasized the fact that working with dead animals introduces the contamination risk for bacteria and the like, so you should make sure to thoroughly scrub any surfaces you worked on and gloves really shouldn't be optional (as the author stated here). It would be great,” Su says, when the sad day arrives, for her boyfriend to arrange something similar. Apparently This Matters" Is Jarrett Bellini's weekly (and somewhat random) look at social-media trends.fever, and then completely forgot about it until i went on there today for a totally different reason.