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RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 05-31-2020
Marion du Toit: " Ever been this close? It’s riveting, an encounter you’ll never forget!
Best advice? Put your camera down! Don’t take photo’s. Just watch. Soak in the experience. That’s what is most important! "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-02-2020
Mohammed Shujath: " Ferocious. "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-02-2020
Fabrizio Bignotti: " Lovely couple. "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-02-2020
David Lloyd: " King of Hearts. Maasai Mara 2015 "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-03-2020
David Lloyd: " The World is in our Hands
Maasai Mara 2019
If there was one rule that everyone could follow to make the world a better place, what could it be? "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-04-2020
David Lloyd: " The Last Notch
Maasai Mara 2017
My most recent picture of Notch II, the last remaining Notch brother "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-04-2020
Huge black-maned male...
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-06-2020
Michael Laubscher: " The endless depth portrayed by the plains of the Mara is something that can only be truly understood once experienced.
In this image the soft, cool colours compliment what is already a perfectly tranquil scene and in my opinion does this special area some good justice."
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-06-2020
Zhayynn James: " Male lions are larger and more powerful than females, but females are fierce, more nimble and faster and they know when to tell the males to back off. This was that moment when the male had cornered a female and she retaliated, causing him the back off in surprise, reinforcing a little social distancing. "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-08-2020
David Lloyd: " Mohican
Maasai Mara 2010
For some years this was among my favourite pictures but it goes nowhere on small screens. I typically print it life size, where it takes on a new life – it stands up very well in a six foot frame. It doesn’t really matter that it was taken on a 12 megapixel sensor, pixels will always be trumped by good images. "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-10-2020
Zhayynn James: " There is nothing to match the thrill of photographing a full-grown male African lion in his element. "
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-11-2020
Michael Laubscher: " A pausing moment in time;
A result due to the distant calls of his brother echoing out the vast Mara valleys like rumbling thunder.
How great it’d be to hear this mighty call again soon."
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-11-2020
Sachin Rai: " This was an interesting day when we chanced upon a pride of lions feeding on this massive hippo one late morning. We had no clue If they found it dead or actually killed it. But their bellies were full and they were all sprawled under the bushes nearby. When we returned to the spot later that evening, we saw atleast a dozen hyenas feeding on the carcass. One lioness tried to shoo them away but she gave up soon and started feeding alongside. It was only when she grabbed a bite and walked back is when the male lion decided to eat some more and the dozen hyenas just disappeared as he walked casually to the kill. "
I believe there is a video reported to this...
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-11-2020
Michael Laubscher: " They say everything that goes up must come down.
But there comes a time when what went up may not necessarily enjoy coming down.
Lions struggle to climb into trees due to their solid muscle weight but the journey down is a lot more challenging thank the trip up.
See, lions can power their way up into a tree thanks to their immense power but this muscle/power will not help when working against gravity on the way down.
Unlike leopard, lions do not have a “special” wrist joint that can lock into place when they approach the decent.
This locking joint plays a vital roll to the leopard because when gravity pulls their heavy bodies downward, there is now no risk in spraining or hurting muscles/ligaments when trying to slow down the plunge down the tree.
Now with lions weighing roughly 120kg more than a leopard, you can just imagine how much this “must come down” Journey is dreaded but these large cats."
RE: Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara - Spalea - 06-13-2020
Mark Drury: " King "
Mark Drury: " Itchy eye . "