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Close up of the face of the Lion of Gripsholm’s castle, a piece of very bad taxidermy. It has very round eyes, too close together. It sticks it long red tongue out of a happy grin, lined with what looks like giant human teeth.

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Close up of the face of the Lion of Gripsholm’s castle, a piece of very bad taxidermy. It has very round eyes, too close together. It sticks it long red tongue out of a happy grin, lined with what looks like giant human teeth.
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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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