tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571506158339966191.post6156284584559044746..comments2023-10-08T11:38:57.640+02:00Comments on Butterflies Dance: Schloss RestaurantHayleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02594817402083382387noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2571506158339966191.post-71609407877230875422010-07-06T15:04:57.012+02:002010-07-06T15:04:57.012+02:00The Wikipedia article on lions is actually pretty ...The Wikipedia article on lions is actually pretty interesting. "Until the late Pleistocene, about 10,000 years ago, the lion was the most widespread large land mammal after humans. They were found in most of Africa, much of Eurasia from western Europe to India, and in the Americas from the Yukon to Peru." So they were culturally significant in many places where they are no longer present, and the legends of them continued after they went locally extinct. There was also some contact between Africa and Europe, of course, even in ancient times, and lions got transported sometimes. One example from another web page: "Animals, including lions, actually were kept at the Tower of London for many centuries. The tradition of keeping animals there began in the 13th century, when Emperor Frederic II sent three leopards to King Henry III. In subsequent years, elephants, lions, and even a polar bear were added to the collection. The polar bear was trained to catch fish in the Thames." Lions were also known to the ancient Greeks, for example (http://www.pothos.org/content/index.php?page=lions).Ben Hallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17875404974157070805noreply@blogger.com