https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/horniman-museum-walrus-comes-home
That's forced perspective.
Unfortunately.
He's bigger but he ain't giant.
93 0 Replybooooo!
18 0 ReplyI was also profoundly disappointed.
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me after Chinese buffet
58 1 ReplyA succulent Chinese buffet?
38 0 ReplyHow dare you, sir!
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Fisherman: (snikering*) yup, uhuh that’s exactly what he looked like maybe a little bigger.
Taxidermist: wait this isn’t another mermaid incident is it?
Fisherman: … WE WERE AT SEA A LONG TIME!!!
31 0 Reply— unwrinkles your walrus —
24 0 ReplyIf you play cards, right....
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Is there a bad taxidermy community?
17 0 Reply19 1 ReplyI have never subscribed to a community so quickly before this, and may never again.
Thank you!
8 0 ReplyThat link doesn't work, because it doesn't exist, but this one does: !badtaxidermy@lemmy.world
1 0 ReplyYou seem to have included the ! in the community name
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The blue whale in the London Natural History Museum was disproportioned for similar reason.
14 0 ReplyReally? The one in the entrance hall or the one in the whale exhibit?
2 0 ReplyThe big entrance hall one, IIRC. If you go to the upper galley that encircles it, there's a board there that explains. The hanging skeleton is wider, and the real animal more slim and long.
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btw this is what a walrus normally looks like
13 0 ReplyI wish they could stuff me to get rid of my wrinkles. Win win win 😏
12 2 ReplyJust need to eat more.
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Walrusaurus
7 0 ReplyAnd hell yeah it's in the Horniman museum
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