They decided to throw in the towel and leave the inhospitable land.

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The rest embarked on other routes on the evolution tree and became species that are still unknown and out there to be discovered.

These creatures wander the Earth far and wide. There were reported but unconfirmed sightings of merlions and frogleos in distant places as north as the Arctic Sea and as far south as the Southern Ocean.



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This merlion was said to have been taken off the coast of Madagascar.

You see, after Sang Nila passed on and many generations later, something momentous came upon the land. ...(Email author for rest of the paragraph).

Almost overnight, singa’s fortunes waned and things just went downhill thereafter. ...(Email author for the missing parts)... Unwilling to accept the certain demise if nothing was done, their evolution instincts kicked in.
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Back then, singas were numerous and roamed all over the land they did. It wasn’t uncommon to bump into little pride of singas frolicking or hunting here and there. Food was plentiful and life was good, at least for the singas. But, like all good things in life, the end soon came and before long these singas from the Lion City too became history.

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The origins of merlion

Of the many stories told about the famous Merlion, this, recounted so often to me by my late grandfather, is definitely the most credible one I assure you.

Once upon a time, in a region south of the Far East where most men wore sarongs and kebayas were in vogue with the ladies, an empire known as Sri Vijaya did flourished. Although the kingdom was not the only kid around the block, she stood out because an important character lived in her time. That character was none other than the legendary Sang Nila Utama, a Palembang prince considered to be the first to lay claim on the Lion City.

And so it went that after a stormy ordeal at sea, Sang Nila Utama and his company finally found land (which he later named the Lion City). And the first living thing, besides his mates, that he saw on this land was a singa (or Lion City lion). The rest, they say, is history.

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The story about merlions and frogleos

"This is no fiction" - Anonymous.