'The most outlandish – and, paradoxically, photogenic – of the mimetic hides was created for the Keartons in 1900 by society taxidermist Rowland Ward of Piccadilly. This was the "stuffed ox", a hide realistically shaped over a padded frame, whose interior was just sufficiently capacious for both camera, mounted in the brisket and focussing through a hole in the hide, and photographer, bent into an excruciatingly uncomfortable posture. The ox was tried first on a skylark’s nest with young, and then beside a dew pond, where it “distinguished itself by completely deceiving every species of creature that came to drink”. The stuffed ox enjoyed a brilliant but brief working life, being retired damaged at the end of the 1900 season after being blown over with Cherry inside....' — http://buff.ly/2qA4FeU 🐂👀📷 #publicdomainreview #cow #ox #fake #nature #hide #hiding #jonzr #photography #wildlife #birds #wildlifephotography #spyinthewild #undercover #field #blackandwhite #taxidermy #secret
