{{Short description|Internet meme}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=ru|otherarticle=Упоротый_лис|date=November 2019}} thumb|Photograph of the "stoned fox" taxidermy '''Stoned Fox''' or '''Bad Taxidermy Fox''' is an anthropomorphic taxidermied fox that has become an Internet sensation in Russia.<ref name="HuffPost UK 2013-04-04">{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/04/04/stoned-fox-creator-adele-morse--anti-soviet--russophobe-british-artist-russian-pictures_n_3013252.html|title='Stoned Fox' Creator Adele Morse Branded An Anti-Soviet & Russophobe As British Artist Visits Russia (PICTURES)|work=HuffPost UK|date=2013-04-04|accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref name="Wales Online 2012-12-09">{{cite web|url=http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/welsh-artists-stuffed-ebay-fox-2013129|title=Welsh artist's stuffed eBay fox becomes Russian internet sensation|work=Wales Online|date=2012-12-09|accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref name="The Telegraph 2013-04-03">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/russia/9968742/Stoned-fox-offends-Russians.html|title='Stoned fox' offends Russians|publisher=The Telegraph|date=2013-04-03|accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kcrw.com/news-culture/shows/unfictional/that-escalated-quickly|title=<nowiki>That Escalated Quickly | UnFictional | Radio Documentary & Storytelling</nowiki>|publisher=KCRW|date=2017-03-10|accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref>
In 2012, Welsh artist Adele Morse stuffed a fox, which had died of natural causes,{{cn|date=January 2026}} as part of a Masters course at the Royal Academy of London. She put the finished work on eBay, and it unexpectedly became an Internet meme in Russia.<ref name="Crappy Taxidermy 2014-06-30">{{cite web|url=http://crappytaxidermy.com/post/90420823835/interview-with-adele-morse-creator-of-stoner-fox|title=Interview with Adele Morse, creator of Stoner Fox|work=Crappy Taxidermy|date=2014-06-30|accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref><ref name="Wales Online 2012-12-09" /><ref name="ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 2016-05-27">{{cite web|url=http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/radiotonic/deadfox/7448326|title=The Adventures of a Dead Fox - Radiotonic|publisher=ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)|date=2016-05-27|accessdate=2017-05-10}}</ref>
It has since been edited into famous paintings, photographs, videos, and other visual media.<ref name="HuffPost UK 2013-04-04" />
== See also == * Lion of Gripsholm Castle * Homunculus loxodontus
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Category:Taxidermy art Category:Internet memes introduced in 2012 Category:Internet in Russian language Category:Internet meme characters Category:Foxes in popular culture Category:Internet memes introduced from Russia Category:Individual taxidermy exhibits