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Trundle Manor is a macabre art museum and oddity tourist trap in Swissvale, Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. [1] It was founded by artist couple and Anton and Rachel Miriello and houses their personal collection of cryptozoology, vintage taxidermy, and jarred specimens.
The conservation of taxidermy is the ongoing maintenance and preservation of zoological specimens that have been mounted or stuffed for display and study. Taxidermy specimens contain a variety of organic materials, such as fur, bone, feathers, skin, and wood, as well as inorganic materials, such as burlap, glass, and foam.
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]
Ads proclaiming "Government Vehicle Disposal" and "The Repo Joe Sale" are designed to steer buyers to special used car sales events under the pretense they're getting a special deal.
The news that the Oakland Athletics are likely moving to Las Vegas is still new, and many A's fans are still (and will remain) deeply hurt by what looks like a naked money grab from the team's ...
The weather needs to cool down some more, but fall is definitely on the horizon. Just a week after Starbucks released its fall menu, competitor Dunkin' released its own last Wednesday.Pumpkin ...
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 ]
Lifelong picker and yard sale aficionado Lester is known by his neighbors as the spooky collector because of his taxidermy collection (where the guys get a beaver fur backpack, stuffed miniature horse, Gendron pedal car, fishing creel, wall clock, metal doll dresser, a large hotel arrow sign that was allegedly on Route 66, a Buddy L toy truck ...