An artist has crafted three life-sized sculptures that reveal the internal anatomy of bears. A black bear proudly displays its spinal cord and parts of its nervous system; and a grizzly bears digestive tract (minus a stomach) travels from its mouth to its colon. Bears are the ultimate stuffed animals, explains Simon, both the iconic plush toy and the prized taxidermy specimen for hunters. In creating Flayed Bears, Simon attempts to address vulnerability of bears in our increasingly urban world, while highlighting the dichotomy between the defanged, declawed childhood toy and the reality of a top predator.
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