Beastly Love

What is beastly love, you ask?
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Beaty Biodiversity Museum

The Beaty Biodiversity Museum at the University of British Columbia is a newly open research centre and museum focusing on all thing natural and all things naturally diverse.
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THE BREATHLESS ZOO IS COMING!

My book The Breathless Zoo: Taxidermy and the Cultures of Longing is due out in July. Check it out here: http://www.psupress.org/books/titles/978-0-271-05372-1.html

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Friday
May092008

On the Art of Mermaids

If you've ever wondered about mermaids, this is the article for you.  Takeshi Yamada's "On the Art of Mermaids" is available online.  And Yamada knows his stuff: he wins awards for his mermaids.  Here he is with his 6 foot long Fiji Mermaid at the opening reception of the 9th Annual Mermaid Show at the Sideshow Gallery in Brooklyn.

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Read Yamada's mermaid article here +

Read a biography of Yamada and a small gallery of his images here +

Reader Comments (2)

is this mermaid behimnde him real? or a sculpture?

anyway i think mermaids are probably ugly in real life!
because ther skin is always in water wich would make it wrinkeled.the teeth are nasty because they have nothing to clean it!but hay,if they are beautiful they are magiic


p.s.i am a beliver
March 23, 2009 | Unregistered Commentergoo goo
i thought mermids r not true but after reading this article i am confused so pls tell mermids r true or not? because am marine biologist so i want to know this.
September 5, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterkamala

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