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Which is to say the eroticism of hunting and eating is similar to the eroticism of seduction. the closed space of consummation is the same; even the obviously successful bear and the passive seal are still experiencing the tension of physical touch, or the promise of it. sugimoto using models in natural history museums amps the eroticism up a bit, since the taxidermied animals (in this case, in some case modelled sculptures after, say, neanderthals) are in an extended indefinite state of promise and suspension. who's to say the heavily intellectualized, analyzed, hyper-conscious modern ideas about romance and love and sexual relationships don't originate from a history of hunting scenarios.