Mortmain Mountain Lions
In Lemony Snicket's fictional series, A Series of Unfortunate Events, the mountain range known as the Mortmain Mountains is inhabited by many dangerous beasts, including the V.F.D. lions. The lions first appear in The Carnivorous Carnival (although they are hinted at in The Ersatz Elevator; and might be the ones mentioned in The Wide Window), where they end up eating several people. The lions originally belonged to the V.F.D., and they were trained to smell smoke; Beatrice and Bertrand have been mentioned as lion-trainers, as revealed in The Bad Beginning: Rare EDition. At some point the fire-starting branch of the V.F.D. (i.e. Count Olaf and his associates) took control of the felines. Their V.F.D. code name, mentioned in The Slippery Slope, is the Volunteer Feline Detectives the scientific name for these creatures is panthera leo .
See also
- Lachrymose Leeches
- V.F.D. Crows
- Uncle Monty's Reptile Collection
- V.F.D. Eagles
- V.F.D. Crickets
- V.F.D. Donkeys
- Medusoid Mycelium
- The Sugar Bowl
- V.F.D. Codes
- Snow Gnats