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July 14, 2011

When Taxidermy Goes Wrong
— Ace

Sometimes hilarious, sometimes frightening examples of how bad taxidermy turns familiar shapes into nightmare fuel. A few of my favorites follow.

Posted by: Ace at 02:26 PM | Comments (102)
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1 Ace, that's quite iowntheworld of you

Posted by: Jeff Weimer at July 14, 2011 02:27 PM (xoPEy)

2 Yikes!

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 14, 2011 02:28 PM (Dqb/n)

3 Okay, now that's funny.

Posted by: pep at July 14, 2011 02:29 PM (6TB1Z)

4 Yikes! What's the species in the last pic?

Posted by: Tami at July 14, 2011 02:29 PM (X6akg)

5 I'll bet the monkey or whateverthehellitis is more capable of constructing a coherent thought than Pelosi.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 14, 2011 02:29 PM (AkYhf)

6 I just keep scrolling between photos 1 and 4, shaking my head.

Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 14, 2011 02:30 PM (xc/va)

7 What's bigger than OMG?

Posted by: cherry π at July 14, 2011 02:30 PM (OhYCU)

8 Save the monkey. It's too close.

Posted by: cherry π at July 14, 2011 02:30 PM (OhYCU)

9 >>4 Yikes! What's the species in the last pic?

Retardis Vomitus

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 14, 2011 02:30 PM (Dqb/n)

10 So you have pics of 4 freakishly modified dead animals whose brains have been removed? I don't get it.

Posted by: Navin R Johnson at July 14, 2011 02:30 PM (HpT9p)

11 HAHAHAHA!!!

Just needed this:

http://tinyurl.com/2d3ndht

Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 02:31 PM (3Okgs)

12 haha

Posted by: robtr at July 14, 2011 02:31 PM (MtwBb)

13 I ha ha ha ha ha'ed.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2011 02:31 PM (TMB3S)

Geez, that should have come with some kind of warning, Ace!

Posted by: runningrn at July 14, 2011 02:32 PM (ihSHD)

15 11 HAHAHAHA!!! Just needed this: http://tinyurl.com/2d3ndht Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 06:31 PM (3Okgs) I thought that link would lead to a photo of Waxman.

Posted by: not the droid you seek at July 14, 2011 02:32 PM (xc/va)

16 I kinda like Sheriff Squirrel.

Posted by: Waterhouse at July 14, 2011 02:32 PM (AkYhf)

17 Is that top "animal" supposed to be a cat?

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 14, 2011 02:32 PM (Dqb/n)

18 Her statue at Madame Tussad's has a wick in it.....

Posted by: KZnextzone at July 14, 2011 02:33 PM (ZUWaD)

19 In order:

Jay Carney
Chuck Schumer
Henry Waxman
An especially fine example of the rare Outer Mongolian Twat Ferret. Great find.

Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at July 14, 2011 02:33 PM (agD4m)

Stuffing Pelosi is sorta like an eldritch horror out of Lovecraft.

The mere thought of it is likely to lead to insanity.

Posted by: gebrauchshund at July 14, 2011 02:34 PM (iYwUw)

21 I'd hit the top three.

Posted by: Rick Perry at July 14, 2011 02:34 PM (Dqb/n)

22 I'd frown if I could.

Posted by: Nancy at July 14, 2011 02:35 PM (TxJHJ)

Golfclap, though Waxman should have been the last one.

Posted by: CAC at July 14, 2011 02:35 PM (aGuwm)

kitty kitty monkey *plouffe*

Posted by: Lemon Kitten at July 14, 2011 02:35 PM (0fzsA)

Posted by: Rick Perry at July 14, 2011 02:35 PM (Dqb/n)

26 <i>I thought that link would lead to a photo of Waxman.</i>

nah, ya don't want to violate the comic rule of 4s...

I've got a really long dissertation about it as part of my overall rules of comedy at my blog iffin your interested....

Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 02:36 PM (3Okgs)

27 Does this thread come with a warning? Or can we hoist the black flag?

Posted by: cherry π at July 14, 2011 02:36 PM (OhYCU)

28 Love the finger puppets. I'll take 11 of 'em.

Posted by: Fritz at July 14, 2011 02:36 PM (p2IBw)

29 What? Why is this funny?

Posted by: Heather Locklear at July 14, 2011 02:36 PM (6TB1Z)

30 Good to see Damien Hirst is still making work....

Posted by: CAC at July 14, 2011 02:36 PM (aGuwm)

31 I can haz cheeseburger?

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 02:36 PM (c0A3e)

32 The monkey is creepy.

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 14, 2011 02:36 PM (o2lIv)

33 Yeah. Pelosi's witch doctors have gone way beyond plastic surgery and are far into the taxidermy and arcane arts.

Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 02:37 PM (ECjvn)

34 I feel Nancy's pain.

Posted by: Zombie Michael Jackson at July 14, 2011 02:37 PM (wOaLi)

35 not sure why, but I find that second pic attractive.

course jessica rabbit peaked my interest too.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at July 14, 2011 02:37 PM (o7x31)

36 *bzzzzzt!

What are "Things that have never been in my kitchen."

Posted by: Cliff Claven at July 14, 2011 02:37 PM (3Okgs)

37 Wow, just wow. Whoever did the taxidermy on that last one better not have gotten paid....

Posted by: Donna at July 14, 2011 02:37 PM (ayx0B)

38 Good one, Ace.

Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 02:37 PM (8a0Fr)

39 That top thing is scary.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 14, 2011 02:38 PM (Dqb/n)

40 I like the squirrel in the sheriff's outfit. That's a good one.

Posted by: '80sBaby at July 14, 2011 02:38 PM (o2lIv)

41 not sure why, but I find that second pic attractive.

She's GRRRREEAAAAAAT!

Posted by: Tony the Tiger at July 14, 2011 02:38 PM (6TB1Z)

42 Woofa, those things are hideous looking!!

Posted by: That chick who did so much plastic surgery that her face looks like a diseased lion head at July 14, 2011 02:39 PM (3Okgs)

43 Hey wiser- Nice to see you. Has that unfortunate rash cleared up yet?

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2011 02:39 PM (TMB3S)

44 The first 3 are the first 3 Obama budgets.

Posted by: cherry π at July 14, 2011 02:40 PM (OhYCU)

45 Holy FUCK, my eyes!!! You're killing me here!!!

Posted by: Joan Rivers at July 14, 2011 02:40 PM (3Okgs)

46 The squirrel is clearly Perry.

Posted by: Nancy at July 14, 2011 02:41 PM (TxJHJ)

47 ha

Posted by: elspeth at July 14, 2011 02:41 PM (SlOCF)

48 You know, it's this kind of "creativity" that gives us The Human Centipede. Just sayin'.

Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at July 14, 2011 02:41 PM (c0A3e)

49 The top one looks like Anthony Weiner.

Posted by: Dr Spank at July 14, 2011 02:42 PM (Dqb/n)

The underlying implication is that Pelosi gets stuffed.

That thought should sterilize virtually everyone here.

Posted by: CAC at July 14, 2011 02:42 PM (aGuwm)

51 Dance of Dragons death count Jon Snow, Kevan Lannister, and one of the Martells

Posted by: Spoily McSpoilerson at July 14, 2011 02:42 PM (Vqush)

52 That last one is totally amateurish.

Posted by: Ed Gein at July 14, 2011 02:42 PM (QKKT0)

53 Somebody should take that last guy's license.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 14, 2011 02:42 PM (jx2j9)

54 Nice to see you. Has that unfortunate rash cleared up yet?

Whattup, JackStraw? How's the doggie?

Yeah, that cream you recommended really helped.

Hows about you help a brother out next time and let me know when you're contagious, huh? I mean, seriously, at least give me the option to wear a condom.

Posted by: Joan Rivers at July 14, 2011 02:42 PM (3Okgs)

55 stupid plastic sock face

Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 02:43 PM (3Okgs)

56 When I saw the first pic I thought of Pelosi, and then bam there she was. Good one!

Posted by: Breaker19 at July 14, 2011 02:43 PM (qdI7N)

57 7 What's bigger than OMG?

Posted by: cherry π at July 14, 2011 06:30 PM (OhYCU)

OMFG!!!!!!

Posted by: chemjeff at July 14, 2011 02:43 PM (s7mIC)

Eyebleach! EYEBLEACH!

My G*d man, have you no mercy!??!

Posted by: chuck in st paul at July 14, 2011 02:43 PM (EhYdw)

59 aw shoot the big font didn't turn out

Posted by: chemjeff at July 14, 2011 02:43 PM (s7mIC)

60 I'd like to order a bobcat with a shark head, a monkey tail, bat wings and squirrel paws. Can they do that?

Posted by: Joanie (Oven Gloves) at July 14, 2011 02:44 PM (l7d0K)

61 I clicked the link. That last lion is gay, NTTAWWT. ok, thats just wrong.

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at July 14, 2011 02:44 PM (o7x31)

62 That last one?
I'd hit it.

Posted by: Anthony Weiner at July 14, 2011 02:44 PM (s7mIC)

63 We had a Pelosi on display but the more realistic we made her, the more our customers complained that she looked like she was made out of wax.

Posted by: Madame Tussaud at July 14, 2011 02:44 PM (QKKT0)

I declare the thread winnner!!!!

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19 Her statue at Madame Tussad's has a wick in it.....

Posted by: KZnextzone at July 14, 2011 06:33 PM

Posted by: chuck in st paul at July 14, 2011 02:46 PM (EhYdw)

65 Whoever did this on Nan didn't do a good job. I can see the stitches along her hairline.

Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 02:46 PM (8a0Fr)

66 That's Depression Dog! He has his own meme!

Posted by: sifty at July 14, 2011 02:46 PM (ECjvn)

67 I'd hit it.

Posted by: The Abominable Dr. Phibes at July 14, 2011 02:47 PM (QKKT0)

68 Submitted for your approval..... a human woman who, at one time in the last century, was quite probably attractive .....

naaaaaah, no one's gonna buy that she's even real, much less human.....

*rips paper from typewriter and lights another cigarette

Posted by: Rod Serling (Deceased, but still cool) at July 14, 2011 02:47 PM (3Okgs)

69 >>Whattup, JackStraw? How's the doggie? >>Yeah, that cream you recommended really helped. >>Hows about you help a brother out next time and let me know when you're contagious, huh? Dude, that was the dog. He says hi and why don't you ever call.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2011 02:48 PM (TMB3S)

70 That's just a mean trick Ace.

Posted by: mpfs at July 14, 2011 02:48 PM (iYbLN)

71 Aww, you f**kin' got me on that! Ha!

Posted by: rdbrewer at July 14, 2011 02:49 PM (U+Uyc)

#76

You are easy to get though.

Posted by: CAC at July 14, 2011 02:49 PM (aGuwm)

73 I'd hit that last one like an amped-up Capuchin monkey on crack.

Posted by: Bruce Jenner at July 14, 2011 02:49 PM (3Okgs)

74 He says hi and why don't you ever call.

Well, since you had his legs amputated, that wouldn't really do much, now would it?

Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 02:51 PM (3Okgs)

75 Sis? Is that you?

- Helen Thomas

Posted by: cherry π at July 14, 2011 02:51 PM (OhYCU)

76 Isn't the third picture Chrissy Matthews? Fooled me if it isn't.

Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 02:53 PM (8a0Fr)

My sister had one of her cats stuffed (don't get me started....). Funny thing - taxidermists don't HAVE forms for house cats, so he had to use a bobcat form.

My husband and his friend ran across an article showing how to reprogram a "Billy Bass" recorder - they were gonna buy one, take the recorder out, program it to meow, and also make the cat's tail swish.

My sister was not amused.....

Posted by: Teresa in Fort Worth, TX at July 14, 2011 02:53 PM (EOxFP)

78 My sister had one of her cats stuffed

that's hawt

Posted by: Achmed from Achmedistan at July 14, 2011 02:54 PM (s7mIC)

79 >>Well, since you had his legs amputated, that wouldn't really do much, now would it? I warned him, he just refused to stop trying to hump my leg. I call him Tug now.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2011 02:55 PM (TMB3S)

80 What's everyone looking at ME for?

Posted by: Will Folks at July 14, 2011 02:56 PM (CEocK)

81 My sister had one of her cats stuffed

that's hawt

Posted by: Achmed from Achmedistan at July 14, 2011 06:54 PM (s7mIC)

Not. Going. To. Comment. (Trying to adhere to Ace's new moral code)

Posted by: Soona at July 14, 2011 02:57 PM (8a0Fr)

82 and does he enjoy his evening drag?

We need to get together for a few beers again soon. I'll need to light a fire under Andy or the Ws to make it happen.

Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 03:01 PM (3Okgs)

83 Well played, Ace. You should pitch it to Carson Leno.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 14, 2011 03:01 PM (r4t7/)

84 By all means. Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations is fun this time of the year. I might be able to pull something together.

Posted by: JackStraw at July 14, 2011 03:03 PM (TMB3S)

85 Dude, below the fold, dude. Below the fold.

Posted by: the dude that always says, 'dude' at July 14, 2011 03:04 PM (oUG6f)

86 That last picture is what happens to you when you have had as many take-offs and landings as Nan has had on her personal landing strip.....

Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 03:04 PM (3Okgs)

87 <i> By all means. Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations is fun this time of the year. I might be able to pull something together.</i>

RI would work. cool.

Posted by: wiserbud at July 14, 2011 03:05 PM (3Okgs)

88 That last capuchin monkey looks a lot like Nancy Pelosi. Hilarious.

Posted by: mallory at July 14, 2011 03:37 PM (bYpI/)

89 If you're clappin' you ain't fappin'

Posted by: Applause Sign at July 14, 2011 03:46 PM (x5BRy)

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Posted by: The Winter Sea Audiobook at July 14, 2011 04:29 PM (zSQQ8)

91 I thought the chupacabra was a mythical beast.

Posted by: Chuckit at July 14, 2011 04:30 PM (W2Wgj)

92 My assistant and I were dying laughing over this earlier today. I do believe you were very kind with that last picture. A quick google search brought up pics much more appropriate for the subject matter. I understand the rule of 4 but Waxman would have been an excellent addition.

Posted by: Aunt Cranky at July 14, 2011 04:41 PM (aibIg)

93
83 My sister had one of her cats stuffed
****
that's hawt
Posted by: Achmed from Achmedistan at July 14, 2011 06:54 PM (s7mIC)
****

Grab your goat and get your cat

Bring your curry comb and step stool

Just direct your meat

To the Sunni side of the street

Posted by: High-Functioning Autistic at July 14, 2011 04:42 PM (fWdId)

94 Ouch but very funny and unexpected. I guess Carol Channing and Phyllis Diller and even Joan whatserface are too old school. I'd give it a 10 but I'm a Democrat ;o)!

Posted by: MelMoses at July 14, 2011 05:09 PM (DgLWS)

95 Funnier than Bill Maher and scarier than the make-up-do-you-like-me-now girl.

Posted by: sTevo at July 14, 2011 05:15 PM (VMcEw)

96 I keep seeing references to Pelosi in the comments. Which one is Pelosi?

Posted by: TWoPolitics at July 14, 2011 05:22 PM (YOZVY)

97 4 Yikes! What's the species in the last pic? Posted by: Tami at July 14, 2011 06:29 PM (X6akg) North American Scrunt.

Posted by: CoolCzech at July 14, 2011 05:24 PM (kUaEF)

98 Few things make me laugh out loud, but this did. Love it.

Posted by: Ramblingirl at July 14, 2011 05:42 PM (wp86v)

It forgot to put the lotion on it's skin.

Posted by: Fugly pant suits at July 14, 2011 06:00 PM (FweJ7)

100 That last picture scared the living daylights out of me! I'll have nightmares for months now.

Posted by: John Scotus at July 15, 2011 12:23 AM (zPE8C)

101 You should have put up a content warning for this. That last photo, of the howler monkey, was particularly frightening. (And I hate when taxidermists put little red outfits on the beasts).

Posted by: AZC at July 15, 2011 03:22 AM (HFscI)

102 81 Isn't the third picture Chrissy Matthews? Fooled me if it isn't.

Yes! His face when he felt the 'thrill going up his leg'.

Posted by: TWoPolitics at July 15, 2011 07:04 AM (+QfDC)

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