A Michael Broad Blog
Why is a lion the symbol of England? The answer must be that the early kings of England going back to the Norman dynasty, chose the lion as a badge or symbol of their courage and strength. The choice of a lion was arbitrary and it could have been the tiger. Although there may have …
I am concerned about the Barbary lion. It is said to be an extinct subspecies of the lion that lived in an area of Africa called the Barbary coast, which is that area of north Africa (Morocco to Egypt) that has its coastline on the Mediterranean1. MAP of Barbary Coast2 Genetic Analysis One immediate …
This article is split into two parts for technical reasons with a link at the base of the first part to the next. The contents’ links don’t work to the second part. The most important lion facts, in my assessment, are listed here on a single page. The lion, as a subject, is very …
