Majestic Lion (build and question)

Today I built the Majestic Lion from the Wild Animals subseries. It truly is a majestic animal. It is a bit skinny (maybe I should call it lean). I put it with my other African (savannah) animals. All are Creator 3-1 sets. The lion is nice little build. Especially the head with those manes and piercing eyes. At first I was surprised that there were two hearts and four (small) eyes hidden in the base, but than I realised those are probably for the build of the cubs (although one would be...