The dioramas alone could keep a person busy looking ... Modern Taxidermy: Mounting the Indian Elephant (shown here in abridged form) is a 1927 silent film that documents Carl Akeley's taxidermy ...

a good elephant," Sebesta said pointing to one of the two in the African diorama. "He had lost all his teeth and couldn't eat so he was losing weight, but he was a beautiful elephant and he was ...