The bulging eyes of a bobcat
Credit: @C**pTaxidermy via X
What better way to capture the beauty and magnificence of your favourite bobcat friend than by keeping the exact facial expressions he would have been making the moment he died? No one knows how this poor guy met his maker but from the looks of it, he saw it coming.
Every mouse matters
Credit: @C**pTaxidermy via X
One can only hope the ingenious taxidermy idea of turning a dead mouse into a dead mouse mat was utilised only in the home office environment and not the workplace. HR would surely not look too kindly on a mouse….actually on closer inspection, this may be a rat.
Unleash the Cat-Copter
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It’s difficult for most people to combine the two popular hobbies of keeping cats and flying drones, but here it’s been pulled off flawlessly. In what must surely be a bird’s worst nightmare, the Cat-Copter can preserve the memory of your feline friend and have them chasing birds even in the afterlife.
The beauty of the beaver
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There’s something about this attempted beaver re-creation that’s genuinely funny yet terrifying at the same time. It’s the way he’s just standing there, waiting for something. Who owned this beaver and why get it stuffed? Can you own a beaver? Is this even a beaver?
Let the lynx die
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The lynx. An elusive predator. Not this guy, though – he looks like he’s had enough of being a lynx. Sick of having to chase his prey. He looks tired, a little beat up and ready to call it a quits. Wouldn’t be surprised if he walked himself into the taxidermy office.
Preserve this alligator and make it snappy
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The sheer genius of this taxidermy has to be applauded. Clearly this alligator died having consumed a white-tailed deer that was a little too big for its stomach. Rather that allow the alligator to digest the deer, its owner hastily had the local taxidermist get to work there and then.
Howdy partner
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See, this is what happens when taxidermists get bored. A snake must be their easiest job – open the mouth and shove in the stuffing, job done. Can probably do 50 a day. What’s happened here is the taxidermist has gotten creative. A jaunty hat sir? Why not. Probably charged double – genius.
Taxi for the goat
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Picture the scene. You call an Uber and this guy shows up with his pet goat in the back seat. You getting in? You leaving five stars? Going to share a ride with a goat? Why a goat? Why is it even in the car? Why is it buckled in when it’s already dead?
The friendliest of foxes
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What makes this taxidermied fox so creepy is that he looks like a kids’ toy. Could easily be mistaken for a Disney character plush you picked up at Disneyland. Alas, it turns out this guy is just a stuffed dead fox who’s been given comically cartoonish eyes.
Oh dear, he’s lost his legs
Credit: @C**pTaxidermy via X
The effort is there, but when your deer friend is missing his legs, taxidermy seems a step too far. This looks like it’s in a sort of semi-professional display, though, so maybe it was a famous deer or something. Wonder what happened to the legs.