The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy Kitchenware a massive extinct mackerel shark

a massive extinct mackerel shark that lived 54–33 million years ago

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The Authentic Animal: Inside the Odd and Obsessive World of Taxidermy Kitchenware a massive extinct mackerel sharkWhy would someone want to create or own the mounted skin of a dead animal? Thats the question Dave Madden explores in The Authentic Animal. Madden starts his journey with the life story of Carl Akeley, the father of modern taxidermy. Akeley started small by stuffing a canary, but by the end of his life he had created the astonishing Akeley Hall of African Mammals at The American Museum of Natural History. What Akeley strove for and what fascinates