He figured it has a blonde cape and not a dark cape, as museum models often show. So Ken looked at cave paintings from France, and that is where he determined the shading of the animals. And what is interesting with Irish elk or any prehistoric creature is fossilized remains don't show the soft spots, like the hump. I think it has not existed for over 10,000 years. PM: Then there's this whole concept of re-creations, where, in the case of Ken Walker, you're creating an animal that's been extinct for thousands of years. They often go to zoos to study the creature-whatever they can do to paint this picture to support the biological narrative. If you're lucky enough to be in museum taxidermy, they can get a skeleton out of storage and articulate it to see how the pivot points come together. So they looked at references like nature photographs or wildlife films, even DNA studies. But when taxidermists were mounting animals for the Smithsonian's new Mammal Hall in 2003, they had to recreate the illusion of wild animals using skins from zoos and primate labs without having the benefit of going to Borneo or Tanzania to study these animals. MM: Animal behaviors and gestures are a big part of creating the illusion of life and nature, and you can only really obtain that by studying animals in the wild-which is why Carl Akeley went to Africa in the 1920s. How can they perfectly recreate nature without ever having seen it? PM: In most cases, taxidermists for museums are creating or refurbishing mounts of animals they've never seen. Also, the taxidermists were never given credit at museums except for the big-name players like Carl Akeley and William Hornaday. You are unaware of the writing because it's smooth. MM: I think because when taxidermy is done so expertly, it's like good writing. Why don't you think people know about the science behind it? PM: There's actually a lot of science that goes into taxidermy-I didn't even realize how much until I read Still Life.
Some people are very quick to dismiss the topic because they're grossed out by it. MM: Totally creepy, or just people who mount deer heads in their basement. Play icon The triangle icon that indicates to play
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