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Are Those Animals REAL?: How Museums Prepare Wildlife Exhibits
Are Those Animals REAL How Museums Prepare Wildlife Exhibits Author:Judy Cutchins, Ginny Johnston When you visit a natural science museum, do you wonder how the animals in the exhibits can look so alive? Find out in Are Those Animals REAL? — This behind-the-scenes book shows some of the amazing ways museum artists prepare wildlife for display. You'll discover how they —
bring mammals and birds back to "lif... more »e," using artificial bodies with real skin, feathers, and fur
mold a scaly lizard or a slithery snake
re-create a prehistoric beast
build a six-foot-long insect
create a desert, jungle, forest, or ocean--right inside the museum
Fully updated and filled with forty close-up full-color photographs, the new edition of this critically acclaimed book is a fascinating introduction to an intriguing but little-known part of the museum world. It is must reading if you've ever asked, "Are those animals real?"« less