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The Lion at Gripsholm Castle

(Reader Contribution to 15 Disturbing (and funny) Examples of Taxidermy Gone Wrong)


In 1731, King Frederick I of Sweden received a lion as a gift from the Bejen of Algiers, but after it died, the pelt and bones were presented to a taxidermist who had never seen a lion. You see the result looks more like a cartoon character than the king of beasts.


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