Bone collector wondering: why taxidermy?

I collect bones, usually an entire animal if it’s small or the skull of larger animals. This is a very sentimental thing for me so I’m looking for people who enjoy taxidermy for similar reasons. It brings me joy to take an animal that has died of natural causes and has gone through the natural process of decay and allow what’s left to continue to tell their story. You can tell almost everything about how an animal lived by their bones. Why would someone prefer to preserve animal skin that’s meant to decompose as opposed to their bones whose purpose serves to remain long after the animal is gone for us to observe and learn from? No bad intentions, just wondering the perspective on this.