Lions in South-Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia

[Spalea]

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. "

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