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OK, maybe not, but it used to be a bird... surely that counts for something.
Last night in class we got about 20 minutes to make a preliminary measured drawing of a chicken skull, from life, life-sized. This guy, nicknamed "zen chicken" for his peacefully rounded skull and beak, is about 3 inches wide.