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The word taxidermy describes the process of preserving the animal, but the word is also used to describe the end product, which are called taxidermy mounts or referred to simply as "taxidermy". [1] The word taxidermy is derived from the Ancient Greek words τάξις taxis (order, arrangement) and δέρμα derma (skin). [2]
As documented in Frederick H. Hitchcock's 19th-century manual entitled Practical Taxidermy, the earliest known taxidermists were the ancient Egyptians and despite the fact that they never removed skins from animals as a whole, it was the Egyptians who developed one of the world's earliest forms of animal preservation through the use of injections, spices, oils, and other embalming tools. [3]
While it may not be necessary to conserve mounts or skins of commonly occurring animals beyond educational use, [4] some taxidermy mounts represent extinct or critically endangered species. The Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History houses Martha, the last passenger pigeon and some collections still have Great Auk specimens, a bird ...
[1] Morgan is a member of the UK Guild of Taxidermists. [4] The animals used in her taxidermy are contributed by a network of clients; the animals Morgan uses have died naturally or had unpreventable deaths. [6] She maintains a detailed log of all dead animals in stock. [9]
The Brazilian woman who took her dead uncle into a bank to sign a loan in her name arrived there by taxi — with video even showing the driver helping her move the corpse from his car.
[1] [9] [verification needed] [10] Seagull 4 August 1983: During a Major League Baseball Yankees-Blue Jays game at Toronto's Exhibition Stadium, Yankees right fielder Dave Winfield threw a warm-up ball which hit a seagull, killing it. After the game, Toronto police charged Winfield with causing "unnecessary suffering of an animal".
Dahmer's first victim came shortly after his high school graduation when he lured 18-year-old hitchhiker Steven Hicks into his family's home with the duplicitous promise of driving him to a concert.
And this is when Miranda sardonically introduces the Taxi Cab Theory: “It’s not fate, his light is on—that’s all,” she says. “Men are like cabs; when they’re available, their light ...