I had a dream a couple nights ago that I was on a field trip with people I didn't know, and we got off the bus and we were touring the zoo and when it was time for us to go back to the bus, I chose to stop at a small cage that had little lions in it. Somehow I was suddenly inside the cage and they were telling me that they wanted to eat me, and I was scared and trying to climb the cage. At one point I tried to step out of the cage, but got really scared because there were very large lions with large manes outside the cage that wanted to attack and eat me. I went back in the cage and the little lions turned in to orangutans that were telling me they wanted to eat me. I tried to climb the cage again, and a HUGE gorilla appeared outside of the cage and tried to reach in and get me as I was climbing the front of the cage. He also wanted to attack me. It was like a no win situation, and I remember feeling frightened and alone and so confused as to what to do that would save my life.

This dream seems to mean that you are feeling vulnerable and not in control. The animal that attack you represent people or things that you feel are controlling you.

A lion is the "king of beasts" so the lions can represent authority figures.

A gorilla is like a human being, but bigger and stronger, so could represent someone who is more powerful than you.

The lion saying that it wants to eat you could be a warning that you are endanger of losing your identity - by eating you, the lion would be absorbiing your self.