Attached to the ticks are
tiny hairs that can be attributed to beetle larvae — specifically skin beetles (dermestids), which we know can be found in bird nests today, eating
feathers and skin debris.
Meanwhile, a field trip to the Serpentine will unearth
tiny Play - Doh - and -
hair replicas of spiders (Tom Friedman); faux bird skeletons and
feathers (Tim Hawkinson); a bed of hyperreal magic mushrooms (Roxy Paine); and rain pouring from an arch (Olafur Eliasson).