Taxidermy is the practice of taking a deceased animal, and preserving it to last a lifetime. The goal of taxidermy, generally, is to make it appear as realistic and lifelike as possible. Taxidermy has its place in many setting, including museums, art exhibits, and in people's homes as parts of collections. Taxidermy has been around for a long time, and it is an art to perfect and get right.

Everyone starts somewhere when it comes to their hobbies and crafts, this includes taxidermy. Unfortunately, when someone messed up a taxidermy project, it becomes something quite horrifying. Even just a small mishap concerning an animals' face can turn it into something so goofy or really quite scary.

Badly executed taxidermy animals have become the subject of many memes over the years, because they are just that goofy. There are hundreds of examples of taxidermy gone wrong, though, and here are just 25 of them.