Melissa Milgrom
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After her curiosity is piqued by a safari gone awry, a journalist delves into the curious world of taxidermy and shares her findings.
It's easy to dismiss taxidermy as a kitschy or morbid sideline, the realm of trophy fish and jackalopes or an anachronistic throwback to the dusty diorama. Yet theirs is a world of intrepid hunter-explorers, eccentric naturalists, and gifted museum artisans, all devoted to the paradoxical pursuit of creating the illusion...