tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35476527.post-79283191443949340712007-11-05T11:31:00.000-05:002007-11-18T12:59:09.844-05:00<a href="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry92reR5x5I/AAAAAAAAADk/CEZ0-zw3bZY/s1600-h/111-1168_IMG.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129448989832890258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry92reR5x5I/AAAAAAAAADk/CEZ0-zw3bZY/s320/111-1168_IMG.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div><div><div><div>The <a href="http://secretscienceclub.blogspot.com/2007/10/union-hall-secret-science-club-presents.html">3rd-annual Carnivorous Nights Taxidermy Contest</a>--held at Union Hall on the Day of the Dead--was a beastly success! Check out all the photos on Flickr taken by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mochampez/sets/72157602919737498/">Robert Marbury</a>, <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/istolethetv/sets/72157602889012789/">Marco Repola</a>, and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dogseat/sets/72157602878168107/">Eric Harvey Brown</a>. The Rump Ape--patron saint of the taxidermy contest--(pictured above with Union Hall co-owner Andy Templar) congratulates the winners!<br /></div><br /><strong>The winners are:<br /></strong><div>Mike Zohn of Obscura Antiques received the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Order of Carnivorous Knights Grand Prize</span> for his "shadowbox <em>mise en scene</em>" of albino weasels posing as miniature polar bears:</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129397162462529362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry9HiuR5x1I/AAAAAAAAADE/aNbFoc1nqeM/s400/Carnivorous+Knight+Mike+Zohn+of+Obsura+Antiques.jpg" border="0" /><br />Takeshi Yamada (last year's Grand Champion of Taxidermy) defended his title and received the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Rump Ape Prize for Best Hybrid Creature</span>:</div></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129450991287650210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry94f-R5x6I/AAAAAAAAADs/NZSY_gqCQPY/s320/1844690542_0393edc9d8.jpg" border="0" /><br />Ryan Toth of the Evolution store in SoHo brought down the house with his two-faced cat skeleton, Frank &amp; Louie, and won the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Secret Science Club Prize for Best in Bones</span>. Pictured below is Darrin Lunde of the American Museum of Natural History inspecting the cat(s):</div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129453147361232834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp3.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry96deR5x8I/AAAAAAAAAD4/NAJpy7_8l1Q/s320/Darrin+Lunde+with+Two+Headed+Cat.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div>For his skull--lovingly encrusted with rhinestones--William Graef won the special <span style="color:#ff0000;">"Long Pig" Prize</span> awarded by the <a href="http://www.roguetaxidermy.com/">Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists</a>:<br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129454753679001554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry976-R5x9I/AAAAAAAAAEA/8jv_5-oIXR8/s400/1844688284_6998c291e1.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div></div><div></div><div>The <span style="color:#ff0000;">Norman Bates Prize for Best Taxidermy</span> went to Linda Darling for her exquisite bird of paradise:</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129460118093154274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry-AzOR5x-I/AAAAAAAAAEI/uUByMQEDx0U/s320/Linda+Darling+with+Bird+of+Paradise.jpg" border="0" /> </div><div></div><div></div><div>Doug Klein received the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Cabinet of Curiosities Prize for Most Interesting Biological Oddity</span> for this tricky armadillo:</div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129460766633215986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry-BY-R5x_I/AAAAAAAAAEQ/V5VUwvsa2uY/s320/Mr.+Klein+with+Armadillo+at+Taxidermy+Contest.jpg" border="0" /><br /><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry-ES-R5yBI/AAAAAAAAAEg/hBABrYWRbiU/s1600-h/Nate+Hill+with+Twisted+Entry+at+2007+Taxidermy+Contest.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129463962088884242" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry-ES-R5yBI/AAAAAAAAAEg/hBABrYWRbiU/s200/Nate+Hill+with+Twisted+Entry+at+2007+Taxidermy+Contest.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry-EL-R5yAI/AAAAAAAAAEY/4Pt70Y2pzkw/s1600-h/New+Species+at+2007+Taxidermy+Contest.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129463841829799938" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_-9HgG1TgOqE/Ry-EL-R5yAI/AAAAAAAAAEY/4Pt70Y2pzkw/s200/New+Species+at+2007+Taxidermy+Contest.jpg" border="0" /></a>And the <span style="color:#ff0000;">Most Twisted Prize sponsored by the Minnesota Association of Rogue Taxidermists</span> was shared by J. McGrath for his mysterious specimen (left) and Nate Hill for the A.D.A.M. Project (right). That's Adam's head--in case you were wondering.</div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div></div><div>And thanks to everyone who contributed their loose change to the <a href="http://www.tassiedevil.com.au/index.html">Tasmanian Devil Research Fund</a>. </div><div><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Photos of arctic weasels, Takeshi Yamada, bifurcated cat, and bling skull via </em></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dogseat/sets/72157602878168107/"><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Dogseat's flickr</em></span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>; bird of paradise, armadillo, and unknown specimen via </em></span><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/istolethetv/sets/72157602889012789/"><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>istolethetv's flickr</em></span></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>; and Nate Hill via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mochampez/sets/72157602919737498/">Robert Marbury's flickr</a>.<br /></em></span></div></div>Secret Science Clubhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17865590228324616266noreply@blogger.com