For example, there are lions on the coat of arms of Britain or Norway, but there are no lions there.
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In Norway – its a OLD thing going back to Magnus the 6th (lagabøter) around 1200s – And as Scandinavias royals often have been somewhat close, either by conflict or family, it has been a tradition for a long time. I guess it has something to do that if you were a King, people would bring gifts and many times that was exotic animals, and the lion was seen as an animal with power, courage and “kingdom” – as in we call it “the king of the jungle”
His name “lagabøter” means “making laws” by the way – and he is famous for basically creating the first set of national laws, sort of like magna carta. I have the “riksløven” (state lion) as a tattoo 😛
Edit: Im not sure if we have lions in the zoo, but would imagine so. We have in modern times put penguins on the list of animals we like. Promoting [“Sir Nils Olav” to Brigadier.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-6wUWffkA) I think the Norwegian King has a title in Edinburgh, like “protector of the city” or something like that, so thats probably why they chose Edinburgh zoo.
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