National War Museum
www.nms.ac.uk/war Bob the stuffed dog was (when alive) the regimental mascot of the 1st battalion of the Scots Fusilier Guards and was with them from 1853 until 1860. A feisty characte
r, Bob adopted the regiment when they were stationed at Windsor and served with them in the Crimean war. He later distinguished himself by chasing spent cannon balls, for which he was awarded a medal. Bob is now proudly on show at the National War Museum along with his collar and medal.
2 DOLLY THE SHEEP Connect science gallery
www.nms.ac.uk/connectDolly was the world's first mammal to be cloned from an adult cell. Born on 5 July, 1996, she came into the National Museum's collections following her death on Valentine's day 2003. Dolly was named after the country and western singer Dolly Parton because she was cloned from a mammary cell. You can see her on display at the Museum's Connect science gallery in Chambers Street.
3 DRUNKEN ELEPHANT National War Museum
An unusual drawing and a set of elephant's toes are all that's left of the 78th Highlanders' regimental mascot. In 1838 the regiment returned from Ceylon bringing with them an elephant they had adopted. They trained it to march at the head of the regimental band and a sketch by an Edinburgh resident shows the elephant marching out with the 78th accompanied by a gang of excited children. The elephant's toes and the sketch of its march can be seen at the National War Museum.
4 PRIZE PIG National Museum of Rural Life
www.nms.ac.uk/rural Tammy the Tamworth pig is one of the latest arrivals at the Museum of Rural Life at Kittochside, East Kilbride. The sow is set to produce a new litter of piglets this summer, and these, along with 75 new lambs, Highland cows Fraoch and Mhairi Mhor and Mairi the Clydesdale horse give children a chance to see animals up close.
5 CRAMOND LIONESS National War Museum
The Cramond lioness is sculpted from sandstone and served as a memorial for a high-ranking Roman officer. She was found in a river near Edinburgh in 1997, having lain there for 1,800 years. The crouching lioness is devouring a man's torso and has two snakes emerging from underneath her belly.
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