Kevin Richardson & his lions

[Spalea]

Kevin Richardson: " Lions who have lived together most of their lives do scrap from time to time. People often wrongly think that because they are coalition males, they never fight. It’s like saying human siblings never fight because they’re family. It’s all part of life and sometimes scraps can get violent but for the most part it’s all bark and no bite, like in this photo. When you witness a fight there’s a lot of growling, slapping and biting, but when the dust settles there is little more than a bit of saliva left on the victim. What I’ve always found incredible throughout my career is the fact that such a powerful animal has such precise control over its jaw and paw pressure and it’s not an all or nothing action when they lash out. "

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