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A love wedding for kittens in Brooklyn

1 If you have never witnessed the union of two specimen peeling kittens, then you have not lived yet. Luckily, the Museum of Morbid Anatomy in Brooklyn, New York, has covered you. In a new bizarre exhibition, the museum attempts to "illuminate the strange and profound interpersonal relationships with the protection of animals" by displaying various specimens from private collections.

A love wedding for kittens in Brooklyn

2 At the center of the exhibition is "The Wedding of the Kitten", described as "the last and perhaps most memorable of all the works completed by Walter Potter in the 1890s".

A love wedding for kittens in Brooklyn

3 "The Kitten's Wedding was created by Walter Potter. Walter Potter, a self-trained Victorian national taxidermist in The United Kingdom, enjoys a series of anthropomorphic tabletop pieces where he places stuffed animals like kittens, rabbits and squirrels as if they were engaged in human activities.

A love wedding for kittens in Brooklyn

4 "The works were on display for almost 150 years until the museum he founded was split at auction in 2003, when the works were then moved to the homes of private collectors around the world, most of which never appeared. For taxidermy fans, this is not to be missed.

A love wedding for kittens in Brooklyn

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