Stuffed animals

Butcher Bill · 27/02/12 - 19:47

I thought we'd just about done with this but it seems it's taking off again.

A woman in New York is running increasingly popular classes in anthropomorphic taxidermy - where dead animals (particularly mice) are put into various poses to make them take on human properties.

Jeiven buys the mice already dead at pet shops and removes their blood with syringes before handing them out to students.

Not my cup of tea. I don't fancy having dead rodents about the house - whether they've been made to look fancy or not. In fact some of them look a bit disturbing.

What do you reckon? Maybe you have stuffed animals yourself.

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/02/27/taxidermy-for-hipsters-mouse-models-take-off-in-new-york-_n_1304271.html?ref=uk-weird-news

Baboo Yagu · 27/02/12 - 19:48

Butcher Bill wrote: »

What do you reckon? Maybe you have stuffed animals yourself.

Yep, I've well and truly stuffed a few dogs in my time.

Star_Bright · 27/02/12 - 19:54

I thought this was about soft toys

Bedsit Bob · 27/02/12 - 19:55

Butcher Bill wrote: »

Maybe you have stuffed animals yourself.

What do you think I am, a Welsh farmer?

[Deleted User] · 27/02/12 - 19:58

Dinner for Schmucks

Hobbit Feet · 27/02/12 - 20:18

I have taxidermy

I like it

Butcher Bill · 27/02/12 - 20:21

Hobbit Feet wrote: »

I have taxidermy

I like it

What have you got?

Voynich · 27/02/12 - 20:26

Na. Does nothing for me. I bet some of them would love their ex stuffed in a humiliating pose like that!

Radiomaniac · 27/02/12 - 20:29

If animals are killed specifically to use as 'ornaments', I find that sick - but I still find it creepy (rather Norman Bates-ish) to have stuffed pets around the house. Not for me.

Hobbit Feet · 27/02/12 - 20:30

Butcher Bill wrote: »

What have you got?

Scott the squirrel

I'm fancying a watervole next

Edit - I'm just uploading a pic

Here he is

I've uploaded it before but I couldn't find it

Butcher Bill · 27/02/12 - 20:33

Hobbit Feet wrote: »

Scott the squirrel

I'm fancying a watervole next

Is it anthropowatsit or a more natural squirrel pose?

EDIT: awaits hobbit's picture of her squirrell.

Killer Gorilla · 27/02/12 - 20:35

When my cat died I had him stuffed so it was like he was still alive. Here he is.

Radiomaniac · 27/02/12 - 20:37

Killer Gorilla wrote: »

When my cat died I had him stuffed so it was like he was still alive. Here he is.

Poor sod, it looks like his last vision was of Jack the Ripper.

Hobbit Feet · 27/02/12 - 20:37

I find the anthropomorphic? ones distasteful.

Butcher Bill · 27/02/12 - 20:37

Hobbit Feet wrote: »

Scott the squirrel

I'm fancying a watervole next

Edit - I'm just uploading a pic

Here he is

I've uploaded it before but I couldn't find it

He looks very shifty.

And it looks like he's doing something with that log.

Butcher Bill · 27/02/12 - 20:38

Killer Gorilla wrote: »

When my cat died I had him stuffed so it was like he was still alive. Here he is.

Were you walking toward him with the taxidermy kit?

Hobbit Feet · 27/02/12 - 20:39

Butcher Bill wrote: »

He looks very shifty.

And it looks like he's doing something with that log.

He's also got a windsock draped over his tail

He's just plain odd

Hobbit Feet · 27/02/12 - 20:48

Oh look how Bill has lost interest now he's realised that I don't own a trio of woodland creatures dressed in jerkins, playing percussion instruments

Butcher Bill · 27/02/12 - 20:49

Hobbit Feet wrote: »

Oh look how Bill has lost interest now he's realised that I don't own a trio of woodland creatures dressed in jerkins, playing percussion instruments

Not at all madam.

So - do you stroke him or even talk to him?

Hobbit Feet · 27/02/12 - 20:50

Butcher Bill wrote: »

Not at all madam.

So - do you stroke him or even talk to him?

My daughter went through a phase of kissing him goodnight, is that the sort of thing you were looking for?

Butcher Bill · 27/02/12 - 20:54

Hobbit Feet wrote: »

My daughter went through a phase of kissing him goodnight, is that the sort of thing you were looking for?

That's it.

So you don't do it yourself then? Or maybe take him shopping in a pram?

Hobbit Feet · 27/02/12 - 20:55

Butcher Bill wrote: »

That's it.

So you don't do it yourself then? Or maybe take him shopping in a pram?

No kissing from me, squirrels are notorious for fleas. No pram either, his log would get in the way.

[Deleted User] · 27/02/12 - 21:13

Killer Gorilla wrote: »

When my cat died I had him stuffed so it was like he was still alive. Here he is.

Amazing how you've managed to catch his expression just before the car hit him!

[Deleted User] · 27/02/12 - 21:15

I'm a part-time taxidermist. Well I stuff the Turkey every Christmas anyway!

Mitten Kitten · 27/02/12 - 21:37

I don't have any stuffed animals. Felt a bit weird a few years ago visiting Jamaica Inn in Cornwall. They used to have a museum full of all sorts of stuffed animals by a victorian taxidermist - things like Guinea Pigs Tea Party and Kitten wedding (pic)
http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTwR8SJMaHWWfOXWdXA6FiVQuQXTP__kR9taCu3REK647BfehJldw
Looks like the collection has been split up.

Since then I have worked on a show with a stuffed dog in it. Once I got used to him, it was fine. Don't particularly like the idea of dressing dead animals up.

[Deleted User] · 27/02/12 - 22:01

Star_Bright wrote: »

I thought this was about soft toys

Me too. I thought we were going to talk about our favourite teddies or something

Should probably not admit that that was why I clicked on the thread.....

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