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Wildlife Panorama

Wildlife Panorama

National Museums Scotland has one of the few remaining museum taxidermy departments in the UK, with true craftsmen presenting hundreds of stunning new specimens from all over the world, complimented by astonishing life-sized casts and models of species.

Prepare to be amazed by an awesome array of mammals and birds soaring through the Natural World galleries, from prehistory up to the present day. From a life-sized cast of Tyrannosaurus rex to a giant squid, whales and dolphins to geese and swans, animals from the depths of the oceans to the open skies await you.

  • Greylag goose

    Grelag goose

  • Mute swan

    Mute swan

  • White stork

    White stork

  • Thresher shark

    Thresher shark

  • Spinner dolphin

    Spinner dolphin

  • Porpoise

    Porpoise

  • Bottle-nosed dolphin

    Bottle-nosed dolphin

  • Beluga whale

    Beluga whale

  • Ocean sunfish

    Ocean sunfish

  • Narwhal

    Narwhal

  • Leathery turtle

    Atlantic leathery turtle

  • Estuarine crocodile

    Estuarine crocodile

  • Dugon

    Dugon

  • Manatee

    Manatee

  • Hippopotamus

    Hippopotamus

  • Giant squid

    Giant squid

  • Wildlife Panorama

    Wildlife Panorama

  • Wildlife Panorama

    Wildlife Panorama

  • Wildlife Panorama

    Wildlife Panorama

  • Wildlife Panorama

    Wildlife Panorama

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