Decoding animal imagery at China View

The cutline for the photo below, from China View, reads:

A lion appreciates with pleasure an Easter gift in Buenos Aires Zoo, Argentina, April 9, 2009. (Xinhua Photo)

I see an old fellow contemplating his reduced circumstances; China View sees a celebration of the Easter bunny.

I grow old . . .I grow old . . .

I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.

Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.

I do not think that they will sing to me.

T.S. Eliot, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock

If a lion could speak, we would not understand him.

Ludwig Wittgenstein, here.

Critics claim to decode images. What they decode is themselves.