Taxidermy's Best in Show | The New York Times

Competitors vie for the top spot at the World Taxidermy Championships, held in Springfield, Mo., and billed as “The Greatest Taxidermy Show on Earth.”
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  • @Colin-lr9rt
    @Colin-lr9rt7 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing. It's fascinating to see something that could've been forgotten forever being brung back to life via Taxidermy. I have a soft mounted Taxidermy wolf and many fox and coyote tails. I love Taxidermy. Idc what anyone says. :)

  • @garrettabcdefg4602
    @garrettabcdefg46025 жыл бұрын

    I wish they focused more on the beautiful pieces at hand, rather than talking

  • @beaubellamy2999
    @beaubellamy29993 жыл бұрын

    That baby fox is incredible! Idc what it placed.

  • @YOJIMMIE
    @YOJIMMIE8 жыл бұрын

    I have really strong memories of when I submitted my work in the late 70's early 80's to Joe Kish's (of Taxidermy Review and Denver Museum fame)competitions in Denver Colorado. Always a point or two off a Blue I asked Joe Kish to let me know what else I could do, He told me keep it up, "I had It" meaning alot from him, On my mounts, I always tanned the hide myself, sculpted the manikins and made them myself, made all my own jaw sets with dental acrylic after making silicone molds, What I learned in Taxidermy I use it in my photography business making it easier to see things.

  • @mirianalajtman7728

    @mirianalajtman7728

    3 жыл бұрын

    You should be proud of yourself

  • @Aaroncoop9162
    @Aaroncoop91625 жыл бұрын

    My taxidermist is really good. Im not saying on the same level but hes the best taxidermist Ive ever met. He has done it his entire life and hes getting older now. He also does them cheaper than most as well. One thing I find neat about him is hes also a painter, truly an artist.

  • @jimmcintyre4390
    @jimmcintyre43907 жыл бұрын

    Wow! Just amazing! Art meets science meets OCD. That must be a crazy hard event to judge.

  • @goonerdotcom
    @goonerdotcom5 жыл бұрын

    As a hunter and collector of taxidermy I couldn't give a flying hoot to the "female taxidermist" angle of this short presentation. More power to the women showing amazing work. There's always going to be men with mommy abandonment issues and small penises threatened by them. For the multiple thousands I have spent on my mounts I also see the minute detail these judges are going on about. Judging is a subjective field and while you may be subjected to a call that's very individualistic that's the roll of the dice. GREAT WORK LADIES !!!!

  • @luiventura8441
    @luiventura84417 жыл бұрын

    oh my gosh i love it

  • @Porras.
    @Porras.7 жыл бұрын

    I respect them.

  • @bjrnegilteig1383
    @bjrnegilteig13835 жыл бұрын

    WOW... I just wish my taxidermist(s) around the world would be just close to those displaying here. Amazing work.

  • @deadskink7517
    @deadskink75178 жыл бұрын

    did anyone else see the archeopteryx at 2:06 ?

  • @goodfriend7609

    @goodfriend7609

    4 жыл бұрын

    Getting my dictionary out first......

  • @Mark-sd7fc
    @Mark-sd7fc3 жыл бұрын

    When that woman won first place and started to cry so did I and I wish that I could have hugged her!!

  • @trudehurd9685

    @trudehurd9685

    Жыл бұрын

    That's Allis Markham of Prey Taxidermy who does phenomenal work at creating lifelike animals in Southern California. She's been our taxidermist at our Audubon center for half a dozen years and we are so fortunate

  • @princessofpigs
    @princessofpigs5 жыл бұрын

    My Frenchie is lying next to me right now with a moderate degree of alarm on his face

  • @mustafam956

    @mustafam956

    3 жыл бұрын

    He’s getting a glimpse of his future.

  • @murraymorhart9423
    @murraymorhart94233 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't do what these ladies do. They are very skilled!

  • @ianmattl
    @ianmattl4 жыл бұрын

    5:00 when the hipsters invade

  • @burningcoal5705

    @burningcoal5705

    4 жыл бұрын

    Liberals*

  • @Eggnog88

    @Eggnog88

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@burningcoal5705 generalizations 😃

  • @ImBarelyMe
    @ImBarelyMe5 жыл бұрын

    I’m only 14 and I’ve been really interested in taxidermy for a while and I’m considering ordering a dead frozen mouse anyone have any information to teach me with something

  • @shanek6582

    @shanek6582

    4 жыл бұрын

    14yo Freddy Mercury fan

  • @FirstLast-wg1gs

    @FirstLast-wg1gs

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@shanek6582 ok

  • @auklin7079
    @auklin70792 жыл бұрын

    all of the taxidermy at this show is A++ Tier, it's just when the only competitors are the best in the world, not everyone can get A++ lol.

  • @Emroxyoursocks
    @Emroxyoursocks7 жыл бұрын

    awesome

  • @musha-hv8tx
    @musha-hv8tx5 жыл бұрын

    i love'd that baby fox,..congratulation...

  • @galleryteneuesartnouveau9353
    @galleryteneuesartnouveau93533 жыл бұрын

    Those mountain goats,Stags & pheasants in battle are just stunning though never had a close up look with the king of the beast because I saw that how it was stuffed & presented anyone saw that lion?

  • @kytrapping5829
    @kytrapping58296 жыл бұрын

    I think Amy Carters baby fox was more real then the judge says in my opinion a adolescence baby kit fox would more then likely not be looking right at something as they roll and play their eyes roll and wander at the same time so dumb judge I think

  • @blackmamba532

    @blackmamba532

    6 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, I thought it was mostly a personal diss against her. I've seen her work before as she's from NC and I was blown away! She had been working on a bear bigger than her at the moment of the interview. I'd love to apprentice under her, so I have a lot of respect for her!

  • @yvonneost12
    @yvonneost127 жыл бұрын

    Congrat's to the lady in blue

  • @Logjam5
    @Logjam55 жыл бұрын

    Well done Amy.

  • @michaelchoki2133
    @michaelchoki21339 жыл бұрын

    I want to see emily graslie of thebrainscoop on these things in the future!!

  • @kasra1212
    @kasra12122 жыл бұрын

    Chuck testa will always be the best.

  • @KiLoKiLa21
    @KiLoKiLa213 жыл бұрын

    Before i read the title, I could have sworn that deer was alive. I thought to myself maybe they are pals?

  • @kenesufernandez1281
    @kenesufernandez12815 жыл бұрын

    *Wow*

  • @Ionictryhard
    @Ionictryhard7 жыл бұрын

    Got to find a girl that does this so i dont have to spend hundreds

  • @whatsup9203

    @whatsup9203

    5 жыл бұрын

    I know right

  • @silasharris6755

    @silasharris6755

    5 жыл бұрын

    KingViz as a taxidermist I can safely say it’s a very expensive profession

  • @goonerdotcom

    @goonerdotcom

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hundreds ??? you are one lucky SOB .... my taxidermist probably had another kid because of the extra college fund I brought into his house ; )

  • @JG-rz4st

    @JG-rz4st

    4 жыл бұрын

    KingViz 😂

  • @robinduongmusic1601
    @robinduongmusic16015 жыл бұрын

    I didn't even know that foxes had nictitating (nictating?) membranes. Thought it was just something that reptiles had. That's crazy.

  • @callie8997

    @callie8997

    4 жыл бұрын

    Humans even have them. They are the now useless pink skin in the corner of our eyes

  • @JG-rz4st
    @JG-rz4st4 жыл бұрын

    MY god , high quality and standards tone ached by world champion taxidermists 👍

  • @maneascott4108
    @maneascott41087 жыл бұрын

    They do it to basically put the life back into something

  • @onionbanan2527

    @onionbanan2527

    4 жыл бұрын

    I mean they also most of the time are the ones that take the animals life from the start.

  • @marvinradermacher5781

    @marvinradermacher5781

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@onionbanan2527 No, the Taxidermists don't lol. They get them either from hunters who got too much or they collect them themselves laying dead on streets and the like. But go on.

  • @PikachuProductionsPIKA
    @PikachuProductionsPIKA8 жыл бұрын

    I want to do this

  • @buckmountaintaxidermy7788
    @buckmountaintaxidermy77885 жыл бұрын

    Sooo much scrutiny!It would scare the heck out of me!Wouldn't open myself up to such"Positive criticism"!Might hurt my feelings!😂(Just kiddin!)

  • @BilgePump
    @BilgePump5 жыл бұрын

    I think judging something like this is highly subjective and it’ll be hard for any newcomer male or female to break through the good ole boy network.

  • @joncart5834
    @joncart58344 жыл бұрын

    Makes me regret giving it up

  • @clydecrocodile101
    @clydecrocodile1014 жыл бұрын

    Women who can appreciate art, And not get jealous are literally so precious why is everyone so upset.

  • @arthurepisodes-full8994
    @arthurepisodes-full89944 жыл бұрын

    The real challenge is to taxidermy a fly

  • @nadiapenaranda9650
    @nadiapenaranda96506 жыл бұрын

    1:31 what animal is that

  • @drsmac1498

    @drsmac1498

    5 жыл бұрын

    Nadia Penaranda Fisher

  • @nadiapenaranda9650

    @nadiapenaranda9650

    5 жыл бұрын

    Dr Smac thank you

  • @zoehaskell4087
    @zoehaskell4087 Жыл бұрын

    But how did she get the baby fox? o.o

  • @jumamohamed9180
    @jumamohamed9180 Жыл бұрын

    Hi

  • @thetheoshow3360
    @thetheoshow33603 жыл бұрын

    🤗🐆🐿

  • @joannemclaurin2262
    @joannemclaurin22623 жыл бұрын

    Where did she get the body of the baby fox? Does she ever ask these questions when she gets an order.

  • @genoortega7992

    @genoortega7992

    3 жыл бұрын

    I'm sure she carcass casted that form.

  • @Seraphim-ki4bk
    @Seraphim-ki4bk6 жыл бұрын

    Those hipster chicks were hard to watch

  • @libertyBuilders

    @libertyBuilders

    4 жыл бұрын

    caveman Versace You’re exactly right, anymore the most talented don’t win the one most likely to sue if they don’t win, wins!

  • @clydecrocodile101

    @clydecrocodile101

    4 жыл бұрын

    Who hurt y'all

  • @jeffreyrichardson
    @jeffreyrichardson5 жыл бұрын

    michael welchs bucks scott admits mistake says shucks irish full of luck

  • @Aethuviel
    @Aethuviel5 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to see a taxidermy show, not feminist dribble about what it's like being a woman.

  • @kaedavv3229

    @kaedavv3229

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol if you wanted to see a show go to a show, they’re not just gonna walk around and say nothing as they point the camera at their work

  • @alessiannedufour596
    @alessiannedufour5965 жыл бұрын

    The little fox playing made me kinda sad cuz it’s sad to take in baby foxes and skin them but I’m not here to judge i don’t know the story behind them

  • @sunken_lilies

    @sunken_lilies

    5 жыл бұрын

    alessianne dufour You could see it in a way that they’re giving them the life that they deserve since they died young

  • @alessiannedufour596

    @alessiannedufour596

    5 жыл бұрын

    { FishChips } were they killed or died and a random person found them ?!?!

  • @sunken_lilies

    @sunken_lilies

    5 жыл бұрын

    alessianne dufour They just died naturally duh

  • @alessiannedufour596

    @alessiannedufour596

    5 жыл бұрын

    { FishChips } someone casually is walking in the forest and find two baby foxes not rotten not injured no birth defects?!? You can still dream hun .

  • @hanshorta-hopkins6300

    @hanshorta-hopkins6300

    5 жыл бұрын

    alessianne dufour it’s actually quite common to find dead foxes, especially if they’ve been brought into an animal shelter but died there in the end. I’m from the UK and I regularly see dead fox carcasses.

  • @korwiszon2829
    @korwiszon28294 жыл бұрын

    ll

  • @fullstrutn
    @fullstrutn8 жыл бұрын

    hey Amie ,,the youngest person to ever win in a BIG show

  • @yvetti_spaghetti668
    @yvetti_spaghetti6688 жыл бұрын

    Were these animals already dead?!

  • @Tennesseekid-wt6jg

    @Tennesseekid-wt6jg

    8 жыл бұрын

    Mostly animals that are mounted like this were hunted and taxidermy displays the trophy.

  • @kaptainkpop6750

    @kaptainkpop6750

    7 жыл бұрын

    musuems these days find them dead and use their bodies

  • @tomvana4270

    @tomvana4270

    7 жыл бұрын

    Don't like it? Don't watch.

  • @washingtonredskin6574

    @washingtonredskin6574

    7 жыл бұрын

    Well, um, no. But the idea here is to take an animal that will die and decompose some day, and instead preserve it for many generations. Think of it as a primitive form of immortality.

  • @DavidGomez-gs5bm

    @DavidGomez-gs5bm

    7 жыл бұрын

    Q

  • @Lidia_Es
    @Lidia_Es3 жыл бұрын

    All women do is talk about themselves

  • @ChuckKeough
    @ChuckKeough6 жыл бұрын

    Cuz women are awesome... I love everything about women... omg, the scent of a woman.

  • @jonathonlang1844
    @jonathonlang18445 жыл бұрын

    Why do women always have to point out “I’m the woman doing ...” nobody cares if you do anything. Jesus

  • @sgtsnuggles9112

    @sgtsnuggles9112

    5 жыл бұрын

    It makes sense for this field. You dont usually think woman when you think of taxidermy. I think it's great seeing women move into other forms of art. It's a sense of pride thing to be a pioneer of women in the field. You sort of took the first step, so to speak.

  • @cjc1216
    @cjc12165 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of that ridiculous movie with Jennifer gardner where they carve butter into sculptures. The things we as humans consider important,gosh we have our priorities mixed up. It's not the quality of the work done or the status it brings you. It's the joy you get from doing the things you love . Maybe I'm being too sentimental but in my opinion especially when you get the the skill level these people are at none are better then the other it's just up to the judges biased opinion and how they feel that day. Maybe they choose to scrutinize a detail of someone's peice that they didnt on someone else's. Whatever I digress. All of these people are masters at what they do. And personally I believe hunting is awful. Hopefully many of these animals died peacefully of natural causes . To the ones that were hunted I apologize on behalf of us human animals.

  • @sgtsnuggles9112

    @sgtsnuggles9112

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hunting provides food. I came from a relatively low income family. If we wanted meat we had to hunt it. It controls the population and is a natural part of the ecosystem. All animals hunt, and it's always necessary to hunt. If competing makes them happy they should do it. A lot of people strive to be the best, that's what makes us keep getting better at everything as we go on. Without competition we wouldn't have half the stuff we have today. So many inventions only exist because some guy wanted to one up his rival.

  • @politicallyinaccuratetoast4757
    @politicallyinaccuratetoast47575 жыл бұрын

    Why spend hundreds of dollars on this When you can get a cheap animated one for 10 bucks

  • @Dougarrowhead

    @Dougarrowhead

    4 жыл бұрын

    This is for men to talk about. Get back to your nintendo or facebook.

  • @Horselover-pf7ow
    @Horselover-pf7ow5 жыл бұрын

    poor animals

  • @richmond9618
    @richmond96187 жыл бұрын

    Why would you kill an innocent animal just to stuff them like wtf?

  • @kaptainkpop6750

    @kaptainkpop6750

    7 жыл бұрын

    museums usually find them dead and use them but the taxedermies that were hunted and stuffed yeah thats animal abuse

  • @andrewbartal4366

    @andrewbartal4366

    7 жыл бұрын

    awsomepilot65 it is not animal abuse lol. many states have hunting seasons to control population of the animal. families use the meat to feed themselves. if there were no hunting seasons, overpopulation occurs. overpopulation causes animals to move into areas they shouldn't be in, causing fatal car crashes, damage of personal properties, so on and so forth. there are very strict regulations and guidelines or laws that have to be followed by a hunter, and failure to do so leads to costly fines and even jail time just like commiting any other crime

  • @washingtonredskin6574

    @washingtonredskin6574

    7 жыл бұрын

    To preserve endangered species forever.

  • @hoosieroutdoors1202

    @hoosieroutdoors1202

    7 жыл бұрын

    awsomepilot65 how is it animal abuse

  • @kaptainkpop6750

    @kaptainkpop6750

    7 жыл бұрын

    Alex Vo killing an animal for no particular reason does that sound like abuse to u

  • @MetalDoraemon6
    @MetalDoraemon65 жыл бұрын

    freak show, freak show, freak show