Amber: Mount your skin onto the mannequin. Sew it up. Blow dry it. Pose it. Let it dry. Narrator: Amber earned her taxidermy license after apprenticing under a professional. Like most trades ...

Taxidermy isn’t for the faint of heart ... The resulting hide is usually tanned, mounted on a mannequin, and sewn up. The goal is to preserve the creature in a lifelike state, for use as ...