I was appalled at first, but as I continued to watch I began to understand the importance of this. George was the last of his species so of course our curiosity was piqued with plastering his dead body in order to study him better. If I died and I was "the last ____" on Earth, I would want people to be able to research about me; maybe find out why people like me died out and how we were so different.

Usually I find taxidermy disgusting and wrong. But in this case, I found it quite beautiful. The Galapagos turtles are such exquisite creatures, why not preserve them in this unique way? I found in fascinating with the use of the clay to form the wrinkles on his neck it is almost like an art rather than just plain old taxidermy. I believe the main reason taxidermy gives me the heeby jeebies is because I immediately associate it with the one the only Norma Bates. But anyway, I have always loved turtles from their shell to their ginormous feet and that is why I found this video so fascinating!