Rogue Taxidermy
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Taxidermy is the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals or its man-made equivalent, and the stuffing & mounting them in a life-like or death-like form. The Modern Rogue Taxidermy movement differs from traditional taxidermy in that Rogue Taxidermists share the mandate to "advocate the showmanship of oddities, espouse the belief in natural adaptation and mutation, and encourage the desire to create displays of curiosity".
[edit] The Four Main Styles
- Crypto-Taxidermy
- Morbid-Taxidermy
- Vegan-Taxidermy
- Anthropomorphic-Taxidermy
Based in traditions of early Natural History "curiosity" collecting (e.g. two-headed animals and samples of cryptozoology, like the Feejee Mermaid), the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists was formed in 2002 by Scott Bibus, Sarina Brewer and Robert Marbury (see also Urban Beast).
