Taxidermy sits at an odd crossroads of art, science, and a genuine love of animals, and this short film spends time with the people who practice it. Director Nicole Triche's camera watches the meticulous, often unsettling work of turning dead animals into lifelike specimens: skinning, mounting, posing, and finishing pieces so precise they blur the line between the living and the preserved. The taxidermists themselves talk through why they do it, what draws someone to a craft built on hyperrealism and death, and how they see their work as a form of tribute to the animals rather than a denial of it. The film doesn't dwell on shock value; it treats the workshop as a place of careful technique and genuine affection for wildlife, letting the strangeness of the finished mounts speak for itself. It's a quiet, close-up look at a trade most people only encounter in museum dioramas or a hunting lodge wall.