Whether you grew up in a religious household or not, the majority (or at least a fair chunk) of people in the western world are familiar with the tale of Noah’s Ark. Probably because, if you think about it just from a storytelling perspective, it kinda kicks ass. It’s got everything an epic story needs — a protagonist whom everyone doubts but ends up being right because fucking duh, direct contact with a higher power, a big ass boat (not necessary but honestly never a bad idea) and absolutely insane forces of nature resulting in chaos and mass destruction. It hits all the notes!

Oh, and it’s got a shit ton of animals, which is why it’s so popular with kids. I mean, everyone dies, like, literally everyone on earth dies, but there’s zebras and penguins and ponies so, hey — it’s still usable for toys and children’s books. And the designers of these toys and books and general child art all seem to agree on a few major points: the shape of the ark, the presence of a rainbow, and the fact that the lions on board were gay.

this artist remembered that there are boy-chickens and girl-chickens but let their guard down with the lions i fear pic.twitter.com/bvyW42NVY8 — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

You could argue that this was a standalone incident, but as Anthony Oliveira points out, this is definitely the general consensus.

the error is...systemic to the genre it seems pic.twitter.com/DOsvp3E4Rr — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

more gay lions pic.twitter.com/rm7uhaOV6b — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

There were some exceptions

this one feels like an overcorrection pic.twitter.com/6hQtBin48p — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

this one is just charming and i just unironically like it? pic.twitter.com/DXdRDXtIjN — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

And a few times where the manufacturers seemed genuinely confused about exactly which animals would need to be saved with an ark

wait why would he bring whales pic.twitter.com/bZSJBlxqTN — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

But all that aside the fact remains that the lions on board were definitely, irrefutably gay.

more gay lions pic.twitter.com/rm7uhaOV6b — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

here we see: additional gay lions pic.twitter.com/rxvxCkWN9J — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019

love the raccoon representation! and the gay lions pic.twitter.com/LRN4ATGjis — Anthony Oliveira (@meakoopa) June 11, 2019