For example, there are lions on the coat of arms of Britain or Norway, but there are no lions there.
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Maybe **because** they don’t live in Europe and thus are considered exotic.
Also they are a predator who is pretty much at the top of the food pyramid (apex predator?).
They are big and strong.
It seems obvious to me why aristocratic people (or lords, kings and the sorts) would want to identify with a lion (eg opposed to a snail or a rat or an emu …)
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