A full body Hippopotamus hunting trophy, whose hide alone likely weighed half a ton, is one of 700 exotic and unusual taxidermy mounts being liquidated at auction in Fort Worth, Texas. The hunting trophies, animal rugs, fish and bird mounts being offered to the general public at the World Class Big Game Trophy & Western Auction are from private collections of three renowned big game hunters and two natural history museums.
Of the hundreds of species offered there are 10 bears, including a standing full height Polar Bear, a standing Boone & Crockett Brown Bear and full body Black and Grizzly Bears. The sale contains about 40 full body mounts such as Bengal Tiger, Bongo, Baboon, Leopard, Civet Cat, Velvet and Colobus Monkeys, and African Lion. Some other species in the sale are Rocky Mountain Big Horn, Moose, Longhorn, Cape and American Buffalo, Elk, Caribou, Zebra, Wart Hog, Kob, Axis Deer, Gemsbok, Nyala, Mouflon Sheep, Giraffe, Whitetail Deer, Spanish Ibex, Dik Dik, Armadillos, Coyote, Bobcat, Mule Deer, Scimitar Horned Oryx, Nile Lechwe, Wildebeest, Springbok, Chamois and Red Hartebeest. There are also hundreds of small game animals like Badger, Coyote, Artic Fox, Cougar, Beaver, Raccoon and Austrian Opossum.
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