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Science|Arsenic Preserved the Animals, but Killed the Museum

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ARSENIC PRESERVED THE ANIMALS, BUT KILLED THE MUSEUM

A popular taxidermy exhibit in Sioux Falls, S.D., was closed after the toxin was
discovered laced throughout the specimens. Many lament the loss of the “works of
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A bison and calf on view at the Delbridge Museum of Natural History, in Sioux
Falls, S.D., a collection of 150 preserved animals from six continents.
Credit...Great Plains Zoo


By Katrina Miller

Published Sept. 23, 2023Updated Sept. 24, 2023
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Usually, you go to the zoo to look at live animals. But at the Great Plains Zoo
in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, people also went to see the dead ones.

The attraction, called the Delbridge Museum of Natural History, hosted one of
the most impressive taxidermy collections in the country, with some 150 animals
from six continents, each meticulously positioned in a diorama depicting their
natural habitat. There, visitors could encounter — up close — a (stationary) mob
of kangaroos, a pouncing lion, a panda eating bamboo and more.



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