Talk:Taxidermy

Dioramas

I have heard that some people put together dioramas by putting a stuffed animal in a realistic depiction of it's natural habitat. Is this true? I think that the article should have some pictures of one. By the way, how does someone put one together? I would like to try one.

yes dioramas are probably the most common display of taxidermy, at least in England. visit http://www.scottish-taxidermy.co.uk/ or http://www.taxidermy.co.uk/ for some examples. they make the rocks out of papier mache normally (as you can't drill through rocks easily to insert the wires) and use real twigs and moss.

What is ataxidermy collector called? A taxidermist also? What?

If one does not exist, a word must be introduced to define a collector of taxidermy - I propose `taxidermor'. Confirmation will come from inclusion in the Oxford Dictionary. Meanwhile, taxidermatologists who contribute to the Wikipedia may respond to this proposition.

Reverted poorly formatted additions by this account. Please feel free to add the text back if any of it is notable. - RoyBoy ⁸⁰⁰ 21:17, 17 October 2006 (UTC)

A collector would probably be called a "taxidermaphile."--Dwane E Anderson (talk) 15:25, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

Crypto-taxidermy photo

Would this photo qualify as crypto-taxidermy? The article said that it could be an extinct creature and it could be artificially created (as it was). - 12:05, 23 February 2007 (UTC)

I think that's a great photo and could certainly be added. It would be great to see a whole new article on crypto-taxidermy actually, with its own gallery. Loxlie 01:21, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

I have now added it to the article. - 20:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

• I doubt it is stuffed, only parts of real animals used seem to be the feathers, so it doesn't qualify as taxidermy. Funkynusayri (talk) 02:57, 8 May 2008 (UTC)

Plants

The only process I've heard of that even comes close to taxidermy in plants is Silk Plants & dried flowers. Is there a way to actually preserve a plant?. Freeze-drying perhaps?. Maybe that might even work for fruit, preserving the entire fruit, color, texture, shape & all!. Maybe there might be another process as well. If such a thing were possible it would deserve mention in the article, and maybe the Silk/Plastic Plants too. - 20:06, 5 April 2007 (UTC)

Anthropomorphic Dioramas

There seems to be no mention of the sort of displays where small animals are represented in scenes mimicking human activities. Mice having tea parties, or squirrels in a court room and the like. I know that a lot of very important taxidermists specialised in this style in the Victorian period and there is growing interest in their art today and they can attract high prices for the best work. Should there not be a section on this and the taxidermists who practised this form? Agrestis 11:43, 13 May 2007 (UTC)

Rogue Taxidermy

This looks more like an publicity article for an organization, see the large ad/photo on the page. Merge it into this page? --71.118.65.2 14:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Agreed. Done. 63.110.61.130 20:21, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

Human taxidermy

Can there be more information on human taxidermy? For instance, is it legal? Are there certain cituation in which it is allowed? Does it exist at all? These are just some thing I am interested in. Crakker (talk) 21:20, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Lenin was taxidermied when he died. There's also a famous British college administrative figure who was taxidermied, as per his own will. I forget his name, though. He is also on display, in a glass case. --208.65.188.23 (talk) 02:33, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

Jeremy Bentham --Rodhullandemu 21:25, 15 February 2009 (UTC)

Dodos?

There are a handful of surviving very old examples of taxidermied dodo birds, right? It would be good to feature a photo of one in this article. --208.65.188.23 (talk) 02:34, 9 December 2008 (UTC)

No, there are only skeletons. There was 1 but it was destroyed in a fire i think in the 1800's or so. 65.167.146.130 (talk) 20:38, 20 January 2009 (UTC)

There is a head and a leg, but that's all. There's a photo of a cast of them in the dodo article. FunkMonk (talk) 21:23, 8 July 2011 (UTC)

Homo sapiens

What about Vladimir Lenin, Saartjie Baartman, and other stuffed humans? Is it permissible to include them in the article?Lestrade (talk) 14:07, 20 August 2009 (UTC)Lestrade

Victorian museums

I'm doubtful that its true to say that stuffed animals only developed in the eaerly 20th. century, as Victorian museums were full of them. 84.13.53.211 (talk) 15:04, 5 April 2010 (UTC)

Teeth?

The article describes the use of skins and glass eyes, but it doesn't explain about the teeth. If they use the real teeth, do they use the entire real jaw to support them? What about the other parts of the mouth; the tongue, palate, gum, etc? Maybe someone familiar with this can add some explanation. --Dwane E Anderson (talk) 15:39, 27 October 2010 (UTC)

cool! My image was helpful to another article! (tiger)

That is so cool that my uploaded image was helpful here. I actually thought it would not be for more than Tanner article. But I guess that is why we have Commons. It sounds trivial, but I am stoked that this method of open collaboration worked.TCO (talk) 00:56, 12 January 2011 (UTC)

Why the hell isn't Chuck Testa mentioned?

Wikipedia, I am disappoint. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.194.87.164 (talk) 01:26, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

It's a viral video that doesn't detail taxidermy itself; just a fictitious taxidermist making a hilariously lame commercial. A popular culture section listing the video could be added, though. Dr. Whooves (talk) 01:33, 25 September 2011 (UTC)

Chuck Testa "FICTITIOUS"? Nope -- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1-KMQqvHl4 (and tbh I went to this Wikipedia article BECAUSE I just watched a handful of Chuck Testa's tip videos @ http://www.youtube.com/user/ojaivalleytaxidermy ; very noteable imo. 75.158.104.172 (talk) 06:20, 27 September 2011 (UTC)