The Way to Handle a Threat: A Lesson from a Lion
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Why not a native animal?
After all, chink lords did not chose Tarrantulas and pitbulls as symbols.
It must be because of majesty and ferocity.
In Rome, they brought lions from africa to fight in the Coliseum.
In some fights, a group of unarmed or poorly armed convicts would go against one lion. The lion virtually always won.
In other fights, it would be single combat between a seasoned gladiator and a lion. The lion usually won, but not always.
Power.
That must be why lions were so popular in heraldry.
Raw, primal, nigh-unbeatable power.