DIDYA KNOW; The lions at the Field Museum, are the famous lions of Savo, a novel titled The Heart of Darkness describes their very rare and greedy behavior of killing and eating humans only. The lions are stuffed and mounted inside the museum. The Heart of Darkness is also the original teleplay of Apoclypse Now, even the characters names are the same, and the VC were the lions.

The Lions of Savo are from the Novel "The Ghost and Darkness" The "Heart of Darkness" by Conrad is the basis for "Apocalypse Now" but the lions are not "VC" dingbat!
