Not quite taxidermy... but still ... Daniel Firman 's elephant Würsa stand still and upside down on her trunk. The pachyderm could only manage this delicate exercise at a distance of 18,000 km from the earth.

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The Wolpertinger is typically found in the alpine forests of Bavaria in Germany. Whether it is related to the American Jackalope and the Swedish Skvader is yet unknown. Image taken from Wikipedia.