The disassembled skeleton of a ring-tailed lemur, an individual that lived at the now-defunct Stanley Park Zoo. Seen on display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia.
The taxidermied remains of an emperor penguin, an individual that lived at the now-defunct Stanley Park Zoo. Seen on display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia.
The partial skull of "Susie", an Asian elephant from the "Nanaimo Zoo", on display at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia.
Hi I used to go by dinosaur 50 couldn't access it anymore but my name is Michael I have autism. I'm an amateur paleontologist and a huge zoo fan and museums of natural history but I live in Richmond Virginia this is on me...
I love visiting natural history museums around the world. I've noticed that many of these institutions house live displays of smaller animals whether for temporary exhibitions or as part of a permanent collection.
Personally, I always feel that seeing live specimens / species alongside the dead...
I love visiting natural history museums around the world and particularly enjoy seeing artfully created taxidermy dioramas that capture the beauty or drama of scenes of nature as if in suspended animation.
So I thought I'd ask zoochatters, many of whom are probably also fellow natural history...