This item is a realistic life-sized lion, that is animatronic and offers three axis of movement.  It was originally created for Pharma at a tradeshow in New Orleans, LA and and then displayed at the MGM Grand in Detroit.  It is truly animatronic, meaning that you plug it in, and it operates.  It has three moves that activate including a head turn, a mouth open, and a tail flick.  Also, there is audio that can be attached to those movements to make it sound as if there is a live lion there.

The electronic animation moves include: Jaw open / close, head center / left, head center / right and tail flip. All this is completely programmed in advance.

Here's a video of one installed at the Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut.