▁taken ▁at ▁face ▁value , ▁and ▁sus pected ▁they ▁were ▁emb ell ished ▁" by ▁the ▁painter ▁to ▁make ▁the ▁thing ▁seem ▁more ▁mar vel ous ". ▁What ▁prompt ed ▁his ▁susp ic ions ▁of ▁art istic ▁license ▁seems ▁to ▁be ▁that ▁he ▁discovered ▁there ▁were ▁other ▁port ray als ▁of ▁the ▁mon k fish , ▁quite ▁different ▁from ▁his ▁own , ▁obtained ▁by ▁his ▁rival ▁and ▁friend ▁Ges ner ▁and ▁others ▁in ▁Rome . ▁ ▁Ron de let ▁stated ▁that ▁a ▁drawing ▁of ▁it ▁from ▁life ▁( or ▁cor pse ) ▁was ▁made ▁by ▁an ▁artist ▁in ▁the ▁presence ▁of ▁a ▁certain ▁gentleman , ▁who ▁gave ▁a ▁copy ▁to ▁Charles ▁V , ▁and ▁another ▁copy ▁to ▁Mar guer ite , ▁Queen ▁of ▁Navar re , ▁the ▁latter ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁provided ▁to ▁Ron de let . ▁The ▁picture ▁being ▁the ▁gift ▁of ▁Mar guer ite , ▁a ▁great ▁patron ▁of ▁the ▁sciences , ▁meant ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁something ▁to ▁be ▁readily ▁dismiss ed , ▁but ▁rather ▁authentic ated , ▁by ▁Mar guer ite , ▁treated ▁as ▁an ▁authority ▁on ▁par ▁with ▁Pl iny . ▁ ▁Ron de let ' s ▁information ▁was ▁imper fect ▁in ▁other ▁ways : ▁he ▁stated ▁the ▁creature ▁had ▁been ▁taken ▁in ▁" N or way ▁[ s ic .] ▁at ▁Die z um ▁near ▁the ▁town ▁called ▁Den el op och ", ▁but ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁gar bling ▁of ▁Die ▁Sund ▁(" the ▁Sound " ▁of ▁ Ø res und ) ▁off ▁of ▁ ▁Ellen b ogen