@ladymagpie Thank you very much for your comment and compliment Heather, but couldn't that be considered a tautology, Leon is a derivative of Leo which already means Lion. :-D
@salza Yes they are huge. I visited a rescue centre in South Africa last year where they were handraising cubs and you could go in the cage with them. I left the cage with a couple of extra holes in my t-shirt. (rest assured it wasn't one of those breeding farms where they breed Lions so they can be hunted by wealthy Americans and Europeans)