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Two wolves form a diorama.Related content
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OMG! I went to this museumΒ in New York! I saw this exhibitΒ in person!
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i hate it when animals are stuffed. i would rather see the real thing in the wild, not something so lifeless! when something dies, you shouldnt stuff it. it just seems so cruel and unfair, even if they are dead!
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I'd just like to have a calm civil conversation about this, so please don't flame me. Just putting my opinion out here...
I agree that I prefer to see a LIVE animal over a dead one. Animals are gorgeous, amazing, and taxidermy can never quite restore them to their former beauty. However, once an animal dies naturally, of course, what do you think is unfair about them being stuffed to preserve that beauty before the corpse rots?
I disagree with killing animals for pleasure or purely for pelts/trophees (unless you find yourself in Siberia for some reason and it's for survival, lol). But as long as the animal dies naturally like it normally would in the wild, I don't see anything wrong with taking the already dead animal and trying to preserve them through taxidermy.
For example, I found a cute little sparrow on a nature walk one day (oh, how I love sparrows... 
Sorry, I wrote a lot. Basically I just wanted you to elaborate a little on your points so I can understand your opinion a little better. I don't mean to offend you in any way, I'm just curious.
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well, we both have our different opinions. i guess if the animal died naturally its ok... but most animals in museums have been shot and killed. though it was a while ago when people allowed it, i still think animals shouldnt be stuffed. then again, thats just my opinion, and i understand yours.
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Agreed, and thanks for respecting my opinion as I do yours. That makes sense if the animal was shot just to be stuffed; that's completely wrong. But I think you'll be happy to know that now a lot of museums have their taxidermied animals from zoos where the animal died the way they should. 
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thats good.Β
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O. M. G. FINALLY SOMONE AGREES WITH ME!!!!
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I'm just curious on your opinion so please don't flame me.
These wolves are already dead; it's taxidermy, the art of preserving an animal's skin for the afterlife (aka, stuffing it so the fur doesn't rot and get ruined). Do you think that taxidermy is bad if the animal was already dead when you found it? Just curious. There are animals we wouldn't know about if no one preserved them...
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Still, they should bury the poor thing(s)...
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Hmm, maybe in some peoples' opinions. I don't think it's really a bad thing; personally I like to bury the corpses after I skin them, but I see where your argument is coming from.
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AWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Was this diorama in the American Museum of Natural History??
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those look real... GAHHHHHHH! 
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They are real; it's a taxidermy piece. Taxidermy, by definition, is the art of preserving an animal's skin for the afterlife. These wolves were probably already dead, so somebody took the fur and stuffed it. Basically it's the art of making sure an animal's beauty doesn't rot away with the rest of the corpse.
Please don't flame me, I was just explaining it to you. Also, do you think that taxidermy is a bad thing? Just curious.
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They look scared and like they are running from something...
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They are taxidermied wolves (they're dead and someone took the fur and stuffed it so it doesn't rot, basically), and the fur was put into this position using a frame underneath. They're not alive, don't worry. They only look scared because of the angle and the way the eyes were painted.
I'm just curious, but do you think taxidermy is a bad thing? Even if the animal was already dead when you found it? There are animals we wouldn't know about if no one preserved them...
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i know this has nothing to do with your pic besides the wolf part. why do people always try to kill wolves... i mean there awsome!
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They might have already been dead when the bodies were found, so someone took the fur and stuffed it so it doesn't rot.
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Where did you take this pic? It looks very very familiar...
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You can accuually see the life is not in themm.... So you could tell their dead.
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How sad..Those wolves had a life ya know..So why kill them?
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I'm sure he didn't kill them -.- they are at a taxidermy museum or something like like...
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That's sad if there real wolves! Totally gross sick and twisted! Did I mention also CRULE!?!?! whom did this is messed up!
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They were probably from like a Zoo or enclosure and naturally died. Most museums do that now since some rule from 2005 or something that prevented wolf hunting for museums but then again it's still legal and dosent make a difference :/ poor things.
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Are those the wolves in the Museum of Natural History? The display was beautiful.
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...plz dnt tell me those r stuffd wolves....
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I have a picture of the same display! Museum of Natural History in NYC, right?
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I was there! I took a similar picture of that display!
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They Probably Didn't Kill it just to stuff it. 0.0
Most taxidermy Museum get the animals by Park rangers and...zoos and stuff.
Very nice though, Looks familiar though...
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are they real stuffed wolves? thats messed up.
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