Frozen Animal Store: Design et Nature

(Last Update: 06.09.2024) I didn't know there was such a store in the middle of Paris. Although I can't find this kind of place in Saint Ouen. Paris Flea Market and Antiques NeighborhoodI saw it while wandering around, but until I went there again to write about it, it was a chance for me to come across such a place much closer.

In the middle of Paris, 2. boroughThe name of this interesting store located in Design and Nature... Although it looks like a place where animal models are sold from the outside, the animals here are not models, they are real; rather stuffed animals...

Yes, it makes you feel weird when you think of stuffed animals, but I learned that the situation is not as we thought, so at least they were not killed by hunters for pleasure or commercial purposes. I don't know if it will reassure you, but All the animals you see at Design et Nature are stuffed models of creatures that lived in circuses, animal parks and zoos and died naturally....

The existence of zoos, animal parks and circuses is already a matter of debate; We can talk endlessly about that subject... But I think Desing et Nature is a place worth seeing, at least because you won't see so many varieties together so closely anywhere else.

Place des Victoiresdo you know? You know, you know, I have written at length about that area and its surroundings before… Here it is Place des Victoires – Square of Victories It is one of the streets in this beautiful region that we call and has many beautiful places around it. Rue d'AboukirWhen you enter Design et Nature, which you will see a little further on the right, you will see a giant polar bear, lions-tigers, butterflies-giraffes, flamingos-owls Whatever you are looking for will now meet you.

Then there is a hall immediately on the right, and another hall behind that hall. Peacocks, zebras, parrots, deers, horses and many more... I think you have never seen so many different animals so close before. People also want to touch these animals, but unfortunately it is forbidden. When I visited the store and asked for permission to take photos, I don't know if they would have allowed me to touch it...

Owner of Design et Nature Anne Orlowska He studied law and after working in the advertising field for many years, he taxidermy / embalming He became interested in the subject and started working on it. After working with her sister for a long time, she parted ways with her sister and in this process, she turned her back on traditional methods and started to apply a more creative and different method. Meanwhile, while the taxidermy process is being carried out, the regulations regulated for the protection and commercial use of endangered animals Washington Convention'nor does it comply to the fullest,' states Anne Orlowska on Design et Nature's website.

Taxidermy / embalming, as we use it in daily language, which allows living things to remain the same and alive as they were in their last days after death. mummification The process is a very interesting method that has been used since Ancient Egypt, as far as I know. All these beautiful animals in front of us in the store are not models, but actually dead animals It's not that it doesn't scare you to think that they are alive, but the fact that they look like they are alive in front of you is equally astonishing...

Of course, this is not just an exhibition hall, All the animals you see here are for sale and there is a price list ranging from 40 euros to 40.000 euros. For example, if you think about the price of a giant polar bear: 40.000 euros…

Even if you don't think about it, I recommend you to visit Design et Nature, visit this place as if you were visiting a very special exhibition, and take a closer look at the beautiful animals that you will not easily encounter anywhere else.