Fantastic world of frogs: the work of a Hungarian taxidermist

A Hungarian taxidermist named Ferenc Mere devoted decades of his life to an unusual hobby. The artist created life-affirming dioramas from dead amphibians. The author passed away more than 70 years ago, but the legacy of his work is still preserved in the Croatian Museum Froggyland.

At the end of the 20th century, taxidermy was considered a fashionable hobby. The stuffed animals were trying to improve their professional skills. So some of the naturalists came up with the idea of ​​combining technological innovations with an anthropomorphic direction. Such works enjoyed special respect from the audience.

It was this fashionable trend that inspired Mere to create stuffed tailless amphibians. Working with the frog's body was considered the most painstaking and difficult to perform.

Ferenc developed his own method in which the skin of the amphibians remained intact. The craftsman inserted glass eyes into the exhibits, and put sawdust and a cork inside the body through his mouth. This technology made it possible to preserve the representatives of the frog family in their original form for many years.

The Mere collection numbers over a thousand items. Most of them depict real life scenarios: frogs-schoolchildren at their desk received new knowledge; circus performers perform complex stunts in the arena; reading a book on the lawn and altering clothes on a sewing machine.

Mere amphibians are funny, interesting and do not cause unpleasant associations. The author managed to convey positive emotions to the audience, opening the curtain of the fantasy frog world, which one wants to study in all its details.

On our site you can find cute frogs in the section "Games, toys". You can not only look at such specimens, but also play with them.