Why are people not “stuffed” or taxidermy when they die, like animals are?

Question

When some animals die, we can have then “stuffed” and mounted to be put on display. Why do they not do this with humans?

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We are very squeamish about death, and what happens to us after we die, even early humanids buried their dead. Any change to what is deemed culturally acceptable takes a while to be come accepted. Cremation was hugely controversial when it was first proposed, and some people are still wary about organ donation.

The idea of having someone scoop out all your internal body parts and plucking out your eyes, then filling you with sand and putting in fake eyes goes way too far for all but a few.