For your enjoyment: Very Bad™ scientific illustrations from
Getreue Abbildungen Naturhistorischer Gegenstände
(Faithful Illustrations of Natural History Objects)
1795-1807
by Johann Matthäus Bechstein1. Hippopotamus (that doesn’t seem right)
2. Lion (yikes)
3. Barbary Falcon(5x the size of a sheep?)
4. Blue Whale (very happy on a rock)
5. Sperm Whale (very unhappy on a rock)
6. Elephant (lumpy variety)
7. Leopard (I guess)
8. Puffin (nightmare version)
9. Raccoon (a very special boy)
10. Armadillo (with hooves)