Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature at the ROM: A review
Hello and welcome back to Mesozoic Mind . However, today we are not tackling dinosaurs or even the Mesozoic for the most part. rather, we are delving into a different group of fantastical creatures, one from our own imaginations. The name? Fantastic Beasts™: The Wonder of Nature . On June 18 (after a week-long delay) I went to the Royal Ontario Museum for a temporary exhibit about mythical creatures and real ones and how they intersect, using Harry Po- sorry, the Wizarding World as inspiration, courtesy of She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named-cuz-of-Issues-Beyond-Scope-Of-This . It's all told through both taxidermy specimens from the NHM, props from the movies, and replica models of the creatures. The basic layout of it the exhibit goes like this: the first section is about mythical creatures of European Mythology and their inspirations, like how trading Narwhal tusks created Unicorns, or how manatees inspired unicorns. The second section is about various animal behaviours ...