A sound of thunder

I’m sort of fascinated with McKenzie Taxidermy. Their online catalog has mounts for just about every animal you can legally shoot as well as a few of dubious legality. But they also have replica mounts of animals of dubious existence, uh, well, if you believe the Bible literally.

If you’re not too into the paint jobs these guys have (I’m not), no worries: The heads arrive like the unpainted Triceratops one below, and you paint them with the aid of “Instructional Videotape, Airbrushing Triceratops,” which is $24.95. The heads themselves aren’t nearly as expensive as I thought they might be, running from $65.55 for the Triceratops to $161.40 for the Brachiosaurus.

For more information on hunting dinosaurs, see the Ray Bradbury short story “A Sound of Thunder” or the best arcade game I have ever played, Primeval Hunt, in which you hunt various dinosaurs with a shotgun.