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Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia
Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia
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Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia
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" Have you ever seen a Lion fly ?
This was photographed in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park in South Africa. We were watching a pride of Lions close to Mata Mata Camp, when one of the Male Lions made an "approach" with one of the females. His brother, which was some distance away, saw this and clearly did not approve, and proceeded to sprint towards them to stop anything from taking place. After a brief scuffle it was all over, and everything was back to normal. Moral of the story : Never mess with a Lions girl! " 
At N'watindlopfu Waterhole, S84 Road East of Skukuza, Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga, it is one of the photos posted on Flickr by Bernard Dupont (14th of November, 2016): https://www.flickr.com/photos/berniedup/30941994012/
Greg McCall-Peat: " A lazy yawn from a male lion before setting off on territorial patrol "
" Another image from my Zimanga overnight hide session where I was lucky enough to have the local Lion pride come drink.
The feeling of being just a few metres away from them, at eye level is just surreal. "
Jens Cullmann: " ‘A king’s life’ After the previous post (which worried some males ?) we wanted to acknowledge some of the struggles that male lions go through in order to remain as ‘leaders’ of their prides. To ensure the survival of his genes, a male lion needs to show complete dominance by overpowering other males, generally fighting. This guy here has had a good share of battles in his time. He was kicked out of the pride by a younger, stronger male, and you can tell he has been hungry for a while. Old age is not nice to anyone in the animal kingdom, you are lonely if you are a male lion. However, despite the fact that his ribs are showing, that he is full of scars, and that his mane has known better days, he looks like a majestic model of survival in the wild. The new younger leader will probably kill the cubs when claiming the females and taking over his new territory. Such is a lion’s life. "
James Tyrrell: " We’d almost walked right into this pride in the thickets, after spotting another lioness on the far side of a riverbed.
Thinking the rest of the group would also be on that side, we moved closer, the false sense of security granted by the distance and the high riverbanks between us quickly shattered by a couple of very loud and ominous growls from just ahead of us on the same side of the riverbed that we were on. Needless to say we moved back cautiously, and when we returned with the vehicle, saw the reason for the aggression from the lionesses we hadn’t initially spotted; 9 small cubs just behind them arrayed in the grass. There was no real chance to capture all 9 together in a photo, so here’s just one of them with its mother behind it. " James Tyrrell: " A lion looks up towards where a hooded vulture had just landed in the tree above him. "
Marlon du Toit: " Kings of Hwange patrol their territory. Every stride they take is driven by purpose. Loud roars from a rival male close to the border of their domain has them on high alert. No intruder will be tolerated and swift action will be taken! "
" That moment when you know everyone is staring at you... A young lion doing his walk of shame through the staring masses of antelope after losing his element of surprise for the hunt. "
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