Carl Akeley's Four Seasons
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There are a few people from history who I would love to bake cookies for and #1 on that list is Carl Akeley.You may recognize him from this picture that was taken soon after he was surprise-attacked by a jaguar on a field expedition in Somaliland.In a fight to the death Carl Akeley managed to strangle and kill the jaguar with his bare hands.Surprisingly, this instance wasn't even the most remarkable thing that Carl Akeley accomplished in his life.Who am I kidding; it comes pretty close.Before Carl Akeley came around, taxidermy was basically a type of glorified upholstery.The same amount of care was taken between preparing an exotic bird or mounting a large specimen as it was to stuff a couch.Today, Carl Akeley is known as the father of modern taxidermy, although, w...
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There are a few people from history who I would love to bake cookies for and #1 on that list is Carl Akeley.You may recognize him from this picture that was taken soon after he was surprise-attacked by a jaguar on a field expedition in Somaliland.In a fight to the death Carl Akeley managed to strangle and kill the jaguar with his bare hands.Surprisingly, this instance wasn't even the most remarkable thing that Carl Akeley accomplished in his life.Who am I kidding; it comes pretty close.Before Carl Akeley came around, taxidermy was basically a type of glorified upholstery.The same amount of care was taken between preparing an exotic bird or mounting a large specimen as it was to stuff a couch.Today, Carl Akeley is known as the father of modern taxidermy, although, w...
