Stuffed Gulls Nose Out Camel in Taxidermy Test
Two sea gulls edged out a camel, a buffalo, assorted lizards and a bulldog to win the top prize in the first European Taxidermy Championships.
“They were absolutely immaculate. They scored full marks,” said Pieter Staffeleu, one of the event’s organizers.
The Dutch Assn. of Taxidermists organized the competition and a two-week exhibition to “demonstrate that if you stuff animals well, you really should be considered an artist,” Staffeleu said.
The black-headed gulls, the handiwork of Danish taxidermist Erling Morch, competed against a menagerie of 330 mounted birds, mammals, reptiles, fish and skeletons from 13 countries.
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