Tag Archives: taxidermy

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Taxidermied Squirrel Riding a 4-foot Rattle Snake – Just another Day at the Rodeo

To be in the mind of Wild Things Taxidermy when they come up with these things, would be like taking a trip into the twilight zone. This 4-foot, taxidermied black timber rattlesnake being ridden like a horse at the rodeo by a squirrel recently sold on eBay for $549.00. [Cheers geekologie]

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Oddball turns his Dead Cat into a Quadrocopter

What better way to forever immortalize fluffy than by stuffing it and attaching propellers to it…oh yeah and then flying the corpse around using a radio control? Dutch artist Bart Jansen had his cat Orville taxidermied and turned into a flying quadrocopter after it was hit by a car. He’s now on show at an

A pet schnauzer preserved with a freeze-drying technique at Mac's Taxidermy in Fort Loudon, Penn.

Creepy Freeze Dried Pets – Keeping Fido looking Life-like after Death

I guess the days of the burying Fido in the backyard or flushing Skipper down the toilet are soon to be a thing of the past… we’ve seen jewelry, bullets, and, of course, the traditional taxidermy route, but one unusual choice is growing in popularity for those who aren’t ready to let go…freeze-drying. The process

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Disturbing Taxidermy – Artist Pleads Guilty to Wildlife Smuggling

The artist that created these disturbing sculptures with the parts of dead animals has pleaded guilty Tuesday in a federal court to wildlife smuggling. Enrique Gomez De Molina was accused of importing bizarre things such as orangutan skulls, a king cobra, a slow loris, a woolly-necked stork and other protected species for use in sculptures

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The Evolution Will Be Fabulous – Revenge of the Trophy Animals

These pieces, which are being exhibited at 1988 Gallery in Los Angeles under the title The Evolution Will Be Fabulous, comes from the mind of artist Peter Gronquist, who has re-imagined a collection of hunting-trophy animals with their horns pimped out to feature elaborate weapons and precious metals. He takes taxidermied animals including a buffalo,

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Princess Lamb Seat – Stool made from a whole Lamb

If we are going to eat em’ or use them as shoes, why not use the rest of them as furniture? ‘Princess’ is a stool made from a whole lamb, except the neck and head, exposing all the gory detailed remains of the former life of the fluffy animal. The only part of this stool