Arms of King Richard I adopted towards the end of his reign, a version of the lion emblems or recognizance used on the shield of his grandfather Geoffrey Plantagenet, Count of Anjou ( d. 1151 ), which became fixed during his reign as the Royal Arms of England: Gules, three lions passant guardant in pale or

During the medieval period lions became the symbol of pride, one of the 7 deadly sins.

Two lions were used, which became nervous because of the rocking motion and flickering lights.

Over time, the heads became full figures of lions ( still facing away from each other ), one representing the concept of yesterday ( Sef in Egyptian ), and the other the concept of tomorrow ( Duau in Egyptian ).

Consequently, Aker often became referred to as Ruti, the Egyptian word meaning two lions.

They became the foundation stock of a kennel which developed dogs over the next thirty five years with the ability to bay lions, that is, to hold them at bay while the hunter makes the kill.

Land animals migrated through Beringia as well, introducing species that had evolved in Asia to North America, mammals such as proboscideans and lions, which evolved into now-extinct endemic North American species, and allowing equids and camelids that evolved in North America ( and later became extinct there ) to migrate to Asia.

Japanese commercial harvest of Japanese sea lions ended in the 1940s when the species became virtually extinct.

Siegfried & Roy are a German-American duo of former entertainers who became known for their appearances with white lions and white tigers.

On the rocky headland, a small inlet had been dammed off to form a deep pool, which became the centre of the small headland zoo which exhibited sea lions and polar bears.

" He concluded that lions and tigers became strong by pitting muscle against muscle.

Coat of Arms of William de Valence before he became Earl of Pembroke, showing for difference ( heraldry ) | difference a label ( heraldry ) | label gules of five points each charged with three Lions in heraldry | lions rampant argent

The area became popular with Southern European migrant families as it was one of the few areas that had not been settled and many migrant families wanted to build their own homes in their distinctive style, many complete with plaster figurines of lions and romanesque style columns adorning the front verandah and entry.

Although the form of the Chinese guardian lion was quite varied during its early history in China, the appearance, pose, and accessories of the lions eventually became standardized and formalized during the Ming and Qing dynasties into more or less its present form.

Genus: Thylacoleo ( Thylacopardus )-Australia's marsupial lions, that lived from about 2 million years ago, during the late Pliocene and became extinct about 30, 000 years ago, during the late Pleistocene epoch.

His sculptures of animals such as elephants, panthers and lions became his most valuable and popular works.

" He concluded that lions and tigers became strong by pitting muscle against muscle.

These lions became extinct in Armenia around the year 100 and in Azerbaijan and southwest Russia during the 10th century.

The South European Lion that became extinct around AD 80-100 could have represented the connecting link between the North African and Asiatic lions.

The adjacent parking lot became an outdoor staging area for high-wire and trapeze performers, circus animal acts with elephants, lions, tigers, chimps, and performer acts that could not be booked on the Ed Sullivan Show.

The symbol " WL " held by two lions became a well-known trade mark.

This decoration can be attributed to earlier representation of lions or other creatures from Roman art that gradually lost their identity when northern artists copied them and became to have strange shapes.

The Pinnipedia superfamily ( walruses, seals, and sea lions ), now considered to be part of Caniformia, are medium to large ( to 6. 5 m ) aquatic mammals.

Parasitism is part of one explanation for the evolution of secondary sex characteristics seen in breeding males throughout the animal world, such as the plumage of male peacocks and manes of male lions.

) Henry II used two gold lions and two lions on a red background are still part of the arms of Normandy.

A frieze of lions devouring ibexes and deer, incised with great artistic skill, runs round the neck, while the eagle crest of Lagash adorns the globular part.

Today the area offshore from Cannery Row is the Edward F. Ricketts State Marine Conservation Area ( part of the larger Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary ) and is home to a large resurgent population of California sea lions.

One of the bronze lions overlooking part of the field of tulips

The two lions represent the colonial history of The Gambia as part of the British Empire.

The zoo is divided into five animal zones: the River's Edge, which includes elephants, cheetahs, and hyenas ; The Wild, which includes penguins, bears, and great apes ; Discovery Zone, which includes a petting zoo ; Red Rocks, which features lions, tigers, and other big cats ; and the oldest part of the zoo, Historic Hill, which features the 1904 Flight Cage, a herpetarium, and primate house.

However, the Moroccan cats shared mitochondrial haplotypes ( H5 and H6 ) with central African lions, and together with them were part of a major mtDNA grouping ( lineage III ) that also included Asiatic samples.

As part of the Brigata Paracadutisti " Folgore " (' Parachutist Brigade ' " Thunderbolt ") — which distinguished itself in World War II by defending of Italian positions in North Africa so heroically that Winston Churchill dubbed them ' as fierce as lions ' — the 9th Regiment has engaged in numerous post-World War II exploits.

A similar four " Indian lion " Lion Capital of Ashoka atop an Ashoka Pillar at Sarnath which was destroyed during Turk invasions of India missing the larger Dharma Chakra / Ashoka Chakra atop the four lions, now preserved at Sarnath Museum has been adopted as the National Emblem of India and the smaller Chakra in the base on which the lions are standing has become a part of the National Flag of India.

These latter had in the chief, or upper part of the Shield, three lions, passant gardant, in pale: the three ships occupied, then, only the lower part of the Shield.

His reputation as a nemesis of General Charles Gordon meant he was bestowed a near-mythic status in England, where he was referred to as " the richest and worst ", a " Slaver King " " who chained lions as part of his escort ".

Animals planned for this area include penguins, sea lions and flamingos ( which are already part of the zoo's collection ), along with polar bears, sea otters, manatees and capybara.

It is for this reason that, now, a large part of the population of white lions are in zoos.

Buffalos, elephants, lions, leopards are best to be seen in the northern part ( above the Nile ).

There are seven seals at UnderWater World, one New Zealand fur seal, two Australian fur seals and four Australian sea lions which make up part of the Seal Island Exhibit.

Nonetheless, because of morphological and behavioral similarity among the " fur seals " and " sea lions ", these remain useful categories when discussing differences between groups of species: all fur seals have certain features in common: the fur, generally smaller sizes, farther and longer foraging trips, smaller and more abundant prey items and greater sexual dimorphism.

And all sea lions have certain features in common, in particular their coarse, short fur, greater bulk and larger prey than fur seals.

All sea lions have certain features in common, in particular their coarse, short fur, greater bulk and larger prey than fur seals.

The African Savanna featured species include lions, zebras, olive baboons, greater kudus, sable antelopes, white rhinos, elephants, hippopotamuses, hyenas and masai giraffe.

He showed that the greater toll attributed to the lions resulted from a pamphlet written by Col. Patterson in 1925, stating " these two ferocious brutes killed and devoured, under the most appalling circumstances, 135 Indian and African artisans and laborers employed in the construction of the Uganda Railway.

At one point, Patterson meets a danger far greater than the lions – a fierce flood.

The three lions, however, remained the central element of the greater coat of arms of Tallinn.

Predators of the greater kudu generally consist of lions, leopards and hunting dogs.

There are greater, middle and lesser versions of the coat of arms of Luxembourg. The greater coat of arms has two reguardant and crowned lions as supporters, the Dinastic Order and all surrounded by hermine mantling crowned with a heraldic royal crown ( the crown used by the Grand Duke ).