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Taxidermy is the art of preserving an animal's body via mounting or stuffing, for the purpose of display or study.
My cousin Nick was a taxidermist. He passed over a few years ago. His wife gave me one of his mounts in remembrance of Nick. I accepted this remembrance. I had some mixed feeling about my new friend. I looked up the pioneers of taxidermy. I have come to the conclusion that taxidermy is a form of art work.
My friend was looking for some sort of taxidermy animal for her boyfriend. I recall him having a stuff armadillo and she wanted to get him something else. She found a man in town who was a taxidermist and we went to his house. It was incredible, he had a huge bear in his living room, a mountain lion, birds, just everything. It was like a museum. He had some stuff boiling in the back yard, that was not on the "best ever smell" list and I can't imagine the neighbors were overly happy, but it sure was educational and unusual. No cell phones with cameras back then, sad to say.
