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Side view of the Lion of Gripsholm’s castle, a piece of very bad taxidermy. The grayish sandy yellow lion is shaggy. It lifting its left front paw in a step. No tail is visible. Its face is flat and wide with two small beady eyes close together in the center. Its mouth is open in a wide grin with its tongue sticking out.

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Side view of the Lion of Gripsholm’s castle, a piece of very bad taxidermy. The grayish sandy yellow lion is shaggy. It lifting its left front paw in a step. No tail is visible. Its face is flat and wide with two small beady eyes close together in the center. Its mouth is open in a wide grin with its tongue sticking out.
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unvisual (unvisual@mastodon.nu)'s status on Monday, 02-Sep-2024 13:49:53 JST unvisual
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@catsalad This got me thinking of Sweden’s most notorious piece of taxidermy, The Lion of Gripsholm’s Castle. Having never seen a live lion, the taxidermist based their work on bleppy medieval art and heraldry. 👅
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_of_Gripsholm_Castle

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