This is from the celebration of China’s 59 years of communism at the end of last month (what can I say, they deliver delicious egg rolls much faster than they do photography).

Yes. That’s a lion. Riding a horse. This is so counterintuitive to everything the animal kingdom is about. And also less adorable than one might think. A lion cub, sure, but a fully grown lion? It’s about as awkward as walking in on your father masturbating. To a photo of a lion riding a horse. While dressed like a baby. In blackface.