In case you were worried you’d ever get a good night’s sleep again, here are some stuffed animals that go way beyond wrong.
The Lion of King Frederick I of Sweden
In 1731 the Swedish king received a lion as a gift from the Bey of Algiers, and sent it to a taxidermist who had never seen a living lion. The poor man had just the pelt and the bones to work from.
(Photo: Hans Thorwid/Nationalmuseum, via Facebook)
The Freak Kitten by Walter Potter
(via Taxidermy4cash)
Sad fox by the British taxonomist Adele Morse
(via Fotopozitiv)
A Leopard from the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle in Tours, France
(via Flickr/Julie Hascoët)
Sad otter
(via Anorak)
There is something wrong with this donkey
These animals are high or stoned
A cougar
Hungry Hyena
Tanuki or the Japanese Raccoon Dog
The Vietnamese Zombie Horse
Kinky bobcat
The cock-stealing beaver
Wolves at the Natural History Museum of Kochkor, Kyrgyzstan.
An adorable dog from the Gwangju Folk Museum, Gwangju, South Korea
The Cowardly Lion from the Wizard Of Oz
Hybrids
Scared Cat
A happy seal with serious dental problems
Surprised Owl
(via Crappy Taxidermy, Badly Stuffed Animals and Bad Taxidermy)