Parsley the Lion Parsley the Lion Parsley the Lion is a fictional character from the BBC1 children's show "The Herbs", created by Michael Bond. There was a follow-up series of 5-minute episodes shown in 1970 called "The Adventures of Parsley", which featured all of the other characters from the original show. He is a simple, friendly lion. He does not usually talk, but always sings, "I'm a very friendly lion called Parsley". His best friends are Dill the dog and Sage the owl, but he is normally seen with Rosemary, Basil and Bayleaf the gardener. He always waits at the gate for the
Dog type were described as species by Johann Friedrich Gmelin in 1788, and by Robert Kerr in his English translation of "Systema naturae" ("The Animal Kingdom") in 1792. Today the species Linnaeus named are identifiable as dog types, not species or subspecies. Some, such as "Canis aegyptius", a hairless dog type of Peru, have been documented and registered as breeds (Peruvian Hairless Dog). There are only two categories (subspecies) of domestic dog, "Canis lupus familiaris" and "C. l. dingo", recognized by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (ICZN Code). Beginning with the advent of dog shows in the mid-19th century in England,