Download or read book Stuffed Animals & Pickled Heads written by Stephen T. Asma and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In countless exhibits, for instance, the idea of the traditional human and nuclear family is evident in displays of everything from extinct animals to grizzly bears (in nature, alas, the male bear is more likely to devour its young than to nurture them)." "Where else but at a natural history museum could you find a T. rex, a high-tech planetarium, a Native American totem pole, and flesh-eating beetles - all under one roof. And in Stuffed Animals and Pickled Heads, Stephen Asma reveals that what we don't see - the scientific research that is going on backstage - is just as fascinating as the exhibits on display."--Jacket.