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  2. Terraria - Wikipedia

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    Terraria has support for mods, which is facilitated by the third-party tModLoader. [12] [13] [14] It later received official support when it was released as free downloadable content alongside the "Journey's End" update on Steam in 2020. [15] Mods for Terraria vary widely in their scope, content, and purpose. Some, such as Thorium and Calamity ...

  3. History of taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    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]

  4. Conservation and restoration of taxidermy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Chimaera - Wikipedia

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    Chimaeras [1] are cartilaginous fish in the order Chimaeriformes (/ k ɪ ˈ m ɛ r ɪ f ɔːr m iː z /), known informally as ghost sharks, rat fish (not to be confused with rattails), spookfish, or rabbit fish; the last two names are also applied to Opisthoproctidae and Siganidae, respectively.

  6. List of fishes of the Red Sea - Wikipedia

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    Alopiidae. Alopias vulpinus, thintail thresher; Belonidae. Platybelone argalus platura; Tylosurus choram, Red Sea houndfish; Bregmacerotidae. Bregmaceros arabicus ...

  7. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes - Wikipedia

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    Catalog of Fishes is a comprehensive on-line database and reference work on the scientific names of fish species and genera. It is global in its scope and is hosted by the California Academy of Sciences. It has been compiled and is continuously updated by the curator emeritus of the CAS fish collection, William N. Eschmeyer.

  8. Polly Morgan (taxidermist) - Wikipedia

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    At 23 Morgan was living above the bar and working out of her apartment, "tinkering with taxidermy." [ 6 ] Inspired to create work of her own she took a course with the professional taxidermist George Jamieson, of Cramond , in Edinburgh, during which her intuitive and personal response to the medium were obvious. [ 4 ]

  9. Acreichthys tomentosus - Wikipedia

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    Acreichthys tomentosus, commonly known as the bristle-tail filefish or Aiptasia-eating filefish, is a species of demersal marine fish which belongs to the family Monacanthidae and is widespread throughout the tropical waters of the Indo-west Pacific.