You may be asking for trouble when you commission taxidermy work from someone who is unfamiliar with the species. That was just the case for King Frederick I of Sweden in 1731. The lion was a gift, but after it died, the pelt and bones were presented to a taxidermist who had never seen a lion. The result looks more like a cartoon character than the king of beasts.



The link has been translated using Google translate so some of the wording seems strange as it's been translated from Swedish to English.

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I seen him at the Brighton Hippodrome in 79, was on a blokes arm iirc ....no wait that was Lenny the lion
Lenny The Lion

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that is sooo life like

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