Argumentative Essay On Taxidermy

Is taxidermy creepy or charming? You see most people seem to be on the fence but there is always one kind of taxidermy that people feel more comfortable with. The first one is where you kill an animal, stuff it, mount it and keep it as a trophy. The other is where you find a dead animal, stuff it, put it in a dress , make it look like its tap dancing (or something of an equally silly caliber) and mount it. See both are creepy in their own way but the latter is a newer, more popular kind of creepy. In March of 2014 the twitter page crap taxidermy was born and with it came a rebirth of anthropomorphic taxidermy. It really took off in the Victorian era when people were trying to find ways to honor their pets but it was a German man named Hermann Ploucquet("anthropomorphic") that took it to the next level. Before him the majority of Victorians thought that anthropomorphic taxidermy was kitschy but Ploucquet saw himself as a fine artist and was determined to make people see the beauty of little dead animals by making them encapsulate the human condition. His first big exhibit

For about 120 dollars you yourself can take a six hour class to learn how to stuff “humanly” sourced guinea pigs and the only rule is that you can't bring your own corpse but are strongly encouraged to bring your own outfits and accessories for your newly acquired dead rodent furniture. It's a fairly common thing and you'd be surprised know that at least one of your friends has done it. Polly Morgan, the U.Ks most well known contemporary taxidermist looks down on how most millennial treat taxidermy("death") saying that she is uncomfortable with the direction taxidermy is taking and that its ghoulish and macabre to stuff animals for kicks which to me seemed like a weird thing to say for somebody whose most notable work is putting little bird heads on a