Rob Colson Taxidermy Goes Wild! (Hardback)

Taxidermy Goes Wild!Rob ColsonLabel: CassellDescription: At first glance the world of taxidermy may seem a bit well stuffy. Dedicated experts with detailed knowledge of biology and anatomy labour away behind the scenes in museums to recreate life-like animals and give us an idea of how they lived. Well forget about all that business. There is a new breed of taxidermists in town.Stuffed with a wonderfully weird collection of taxidermy from across the globe Taxidermy Goes Wild will leave you both amused and more than a little confused.Revel in scenes of musical mice basket-balling Bengals ballerina beavers and lawn-mowing moles. Bringing together all the scenes nature never intended this full-colour volume really does showcase the bizarre taxidermy on sale and on display. From a swearing squirrel in a London antiques shop to a murderous mouse serving arsenic in a New York store nothing is off-limits.Taxidermy Goes Wild is the very best - and the very worst - of anthropomorphic wildlife.Contents include:- Animals with attitude- Work and play- Sporting triumphs- Best-dressed beasts- Domestic bliss- Out and about- House of horrors