Explore the real-life inspirations behind legendary creatures like mermaids, Kraken, Pouakai, dragons, unicorns, and Roc.

Things got a lot safer — and considerably less wild — when Hollywood made concessions to safety and PETA and started relying on computer-animated animals instead of real-life ones ...

It would prove to be life-altering. Her desire to somehow immortalize precious lives led her to carve out a career as a sculptor specializing in super-realistic reproductions of animals.