Animal oddities

The Victorians did not mess around with their creepiness; they took the macabre to a whole new level, which is evidenced in some of the lingering remnants of their penchant for all things weird.

Two headed Lamb Taxidermy

Artist Sarina Brewer describes herself as "a self-proclaimed science nerd melding her past formal art education with her passion for biology and the bizarre." And she does not disappoint. Her creations are inspiring and provocative, violent and poetic. In any case, they are definitely unique.

When Valerie and Ted Rock came across a kitten with four-ears, they couldn't believe their eyes. But they just had to adopt the freaky feline.

@godzdntdie on Instagram: “Harald Falckenberg, ‘How to build a collection’ via @oneofa___kind”

Available! Snake skeleton with hawk moths and beetles / oddities and curiosities collection

A Victorian taxidermy museum had an auction to sell its collection of stuffed animals. If I had that yeti in my room, I would stick a goblet of whiskey in its hand and bury my head in its chest.

I have fond memories of many lessons in elementary school, but one of the shining highlights was the day us kiddos were each given an owl pellet to dissect. The ugly little grey-brown lumps, the size and shape of stuffed grape leaves, looked a whole lot like any number of small critter scat one might discover on the forest floor, and while they were indeed evidence of wild digestive systems at work, poop they were not. Along with our pellet, we were given tweezers and microscopes, and it…