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JAMES + MAREANIE

Victorian-era room at the Grand Rapids public museum!

We briefly upset a feeding goshawk to get this photo, but he came back as we drove off. #roadkill #southafrica #ardwolf #conservation #overland #citizenscience

Pointy beak brigade - k.ingfisher, great spotted w.oodpecker, n.uthatch, green w.oodpecker. These birds sadly died and are used for training courses and teaching.

Quiet

Birds

Got this African Jacana drying. Unlike the skin I posted before, the feather on this specimen was tattered. I like to work on my worst specimens first and then perfect my technique with the better ones. #taxidermy #africanjacana #ornithology #birds #exoticbirds #naturalhistory #museum #cabinetofcuriosities #sculpture #art #allismarkham #preytaxidermy

Diaphonized stingray fetus

Lions by Daniel M.

Absolutely stunning work!

Button buck courtesy of my friend’s mom!

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Gray fox :D!!!! My friend texted me about him and she was so proud of herself for finding him on the way back to campus lol. I’m gonna let him freeze over for about a month or so before getting to work on him c:

Quick! Can any vulture culture blogs help me with some references for an illustration? I’m trying to draw a rotting rat for a hypothetical cover of Stephen King’s 1922. Feel free to reblog this and add or message me!

i have this image in my art ref folder; it’s mummies but it might give you an idea of how to go about it :3 

Oryx gemsbok

turns out not all deer with antlers like these are true cactus bucks though - injuries and other hormone imbalances can also cause similar growths ( and also i guess a lot of people breed specifically for huge antler mutations in whitetail deer )