taxidermied

During the trip, he sighted a flock of nine Caracaras, a rare bird he wished to study (apparently in taxidermied form), and so he shot down all but two of them.

Three Ways to Drive an Animal to Extinction - Boing Boing 2009

In Balasana - the Sanskrit name for the yogic child pose, a little girl lies on a Turkish carpet, with a taxidermied albino wallaby - they die quickly because they get sunburned, I am told.

Spread ArtCulture: Patricia Piccinini's World of Creatures Great & Small Spread ArtCulture 2010

She dirties her hands and feet, splashes paint onto her skin or pinches it with clothespins, squeezes herself into cupboards and detached fireplace moldings, wraps herself in tattered wallpaper peeling from the walls, crouches barefoot amongst the dust and detritus and reclines in display cases alongside taxidermied rodents.

Larissa Archer: Artist Unbound: Francesca Woodman at SFMOMA Larissa Archer 2012

She dirties her hands and feet, splashes paint onto her skin or pinches it with clothespins, squeezes herself into cupboards and detached fireplace moldings, wraps herself in tattered wallpaper peeling from the walls, crouches barefoot amongst the dust and detritus and reclines in display cases alongside taxidermied rodents.

Larissa Archer: Artist Unbound: Francesca Woodman at SFMOMA Larissa Archer 2012

Also scary: Claire's season six taxidermied squirrel baby, but that was more of an ick than a full-on fright.

Friday list: The scariest TV moments ever Jen Chaney 2010

In Balasana - the Sanskrit name for the yogic child pose, a little girl lies on a Turkish carpet, with a taxidermied albino wallaby - they die quickly because they get sunburned, I am told.

Spread ArtCulture: Patricia Piccinini's World of Creatures Great & Small Spread ArtCulture 2010

Mayor Jorge Santini of San Juan, Puerto Rico landed himself a spot in the famed Awkward Family Photo blog with his 2011 Christmas picture which depicts his family huddling around a taxidermied killing scene.

Jorge Santini, Mayor Of San Juan, Baffles Public With Astoundingly Strange Christmas Photo 2011

Watch out for the bold solo show of Algerian-born of Adel Abdessemed's at David Zwirner's space: among the highlights are Taxidermia, a cube (1.5 x 1.5 x 1.5 meters) composed of taxidermied animals intertwined using steel and wire, and Silent Warriors, a wall-mounted installation of over a hundred masks, each uniquely colored and patterned to resemble those used in Mexican wrestling, or lucha libre.

MutualArt's Top 10 Things to See During FIAC Week in Paris (PHOTOS) The Huffington Post News Team 2010

Whatever Santini's motivations may be, here at HuffPost LatinoVoices, we wish you a holiday filled with sassy seven-year-olds and taxidermied jungle cats.

Jorge Santini, Mayor Of San Juan, Baffles Public With Astoundingly Strange Christmas Photo 2011

And, Sheila, I even found a taxidermied ermine dressed in a tiara.

Discovered | clusterflock 2009