Jackalope

"The uglier the fashions, the worse places we'd have to pose to make them look good. ...It's the ugly bridesmaid tactic where you only look good by comparison."                      -Chuck Palahniuk Invisible Monsters


Ahem. Here's looking at you Germany.

Shown here: The lucrative  Durabbirrel

This was set in a display box of a watch store. Please. Someone tell me why. Normally I would just assume this was an isolated incident if I hadn't already seen it in Konstanz, Stuttgart, and now in Tübingen. By "it" I mean taxidermy-atrocities pranced next to shop items. From raccoon-owl hybrids to European mounts, jewelry to raincoats.

As some of you may already know, I dabbled in taxidermy for a good portion of my working life (...four years?) so I don't know what I'm supposed to feel toward this... Outrage? Disrespect? Admiration? Mostly I'm just confused. Is anyone else confused?