Reader Submission After All This Time

Good news, everyone!  I've finally remembered that this blog has an email address, after nearly a year of not checking!  I'm terrible at this!

Anyway, this is a submission from Oliver, from a year ago, I'm really sorry.

This comes from a book entitled Makeup for Fun.

Half the title is accurate.

"Nightmares for Fun" or "Makeup for Future Therapist Bills" would also have worked.

And if you readers would like to submit any lions, on the off chance that I'll post them in a year, the address is badlions.submissions@gmail.com.

Are You Sure?

The British Museum is generally a reputable source of information.

And so their label is the only reason why I believe that this statue is of a "lion."

(I would have also accepted "weasel-dog" as a correct answer).

One more angle: