During the year 1731, King Frederick I of Sweden received a remarkable gift—a lion, one of the earliest lions to arrive in Scandinavia. Unfortunately, the lion passed away shortly after its arrival. Subsequently, the deceased lion was entrusted to a taxidermist, who set out to preserve its form. Both the taxidermist and the museum keepers faced a peculiar challenge—they had never encountered a lion before and lacked knowledge of its proper appearance. Consequently, the final mounted display exhibited significant anatomical inaccuracies, particularly noticeable in the lion's face.