New materials had to be ordered and experimented with quickly. "When I finished my first few animals and put them in the Park people kept asking, 'What is it?'"īeing the first (and only) artificial taxidermist seemed to be quite a trial-and-error job for a while, but there really was little time for guessing with about 210 immediate unfurred and unfeathered customers. I spent the whole first year experimenting," Bob recalls. "On my first day I went to my supervisor and said, 'Okay, now that I have the job, how do I do it?' and he said, 'That's your problem!' The job had never been done before so nobody knew where to start. "The real taxidermist left because his experience was with the real stuff," Bob said. This artificial taxidermy required an artificial taxidermist. He has been doing fur and hair transplants on Audio Animatronic animals for over 14 years here at Disneyland-ever since the transition was made from authentic to artifical furs for heartier environment endurance and wildlife preservation purposes. Few people in the world have a job like Bob has as a Staff Shop Artificial Taxidermist. Retired in 1997: Magdalena Maiden & Mekong Maiden.ĭisneyland Taxidermy: From Cover to Cover What do you do with a greasy, holey, hairless moose? Why you change its fur, of course. Supposedly this ride caused Walt’s obsession of “plussing the show” when he overheard a mother telling her child that they’d already been on the ride and didn’t need to go on it again Walt had Imagineers add more scenes.ġ995: Rerouting of river for Indiana JonesĢ005: Rebuilding, Piranhas, and updates to trashed camp.Ĭongo Queen (painted gold for the 50th), Ganges Gal, Marc Davis created the wading elephant pool and the rhino/safari/totem pole scenes. Imagineers dyed the water brown so guests couldn’t see the river bottom which varies from 3'-8' deep. Bill Evans (Disneyland landscaper) uprooted trees, replanted them upside-down, then grew vines on the exposed roots, thus creating “new” plants. BACKSTORY (July 17, 1955–Present): Inspired by a “True-Life Adventure.” Boats modeled after “The African Queen,” which Harper Goff loved.
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