Zoologically improbable and/or terrifying to small children

May 28, 2019 10:11 AM

giraffpappa

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The lion displayed at the Gripsholm castle is not the finest example of taxidermy to be found in Sweden, but maybe the most famous. It has its own Facebook page at https://sv-se.facebook.com/lejonetpagripsholmsslott/ From there I have taken this comic, created by Louis Changeur, that tells the lion's story.

The heraldic lion is in fact taken from the Danish coat of arms, but yellow instead of blue.

You can tell that the artist is not Swedish by the bizarre name Pomärkervetenskapligt and the rather odd Mashinholm. But it is true that Swedish is a very complex language to understand for a stuffed lion, so I assume that the same applies for foreign cartoonists.

The name Gustaf Ulrik, on the other hand, is spot-on as a name of a 17th century taxidermist, and the church looks very Swedish. Monsieur Changeur has a good eye for details.

Lion tax.

funny

disturbing

taxidermy

gripsholm

You be lion

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I learned something today.

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