Poor taxidermy making 'fattypuses' and 'platysausages' out of Australian animals

 Have you heard of a flatypus? How about a platysausage or a fattypus? These are all terms coined by Jack Ashby to describe badly-stuffed taxidermy platypuses.

"I think they're the most amazing animals that ever evolved, and they are very popular in museums," he said.

Dr Ashby, a Museum of Zoology assistant director at Cambridge University, says he has seen a lot of dodgy taxidermy in museums around the world during the course of his work.

"Most of them are the wrong shape," he told ABC Radio Hobart's Kylie Baxter.

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-05/poor-taxidermy-making-fattypuses-out-of-australian-animals/101827332



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