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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In the basement of his funeral home in Madison, Wisconsin, along with his collection of giant stuffed fish (including a 500 pound blue marlin) and dozens of mammals, Sam Safilippo has set up a world of perky animal dioramas to entertain mourners at funerals. Some of his dioramas are mechanised - squirrels rock back and forth in chairs - but most just seem to be having a good time on bucking broncos or watching half-naked chipmunks at the Topless Girlie Show.
Information was taken from: http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/WIMADdead.html
Images were taken by from Lebovox's flickr page: http://flickr.com/photos/etban/sets/72157600089674634/