Other male lion coalitions from Masai Mara

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Michel Zoghzoghi: " Masai Mara, Kenya. It was very early in the morning on my last day in the Mara. We left camp very early to try and spend a few hours with "Scarface", one of the most dominant male lions in the Mara. Suddenly I heard deep and low roaring that quickly became angry and loud. A single lioness had wandered into the territory of five lionesses and was being relentlessly punished for it. She tried to lay low in submission with fear apparent in her highly dilated pupils. The light was very low so I had to shoot at a very low speed and high ISO. As I was using a 500mm lens in order to capture as much of her facial expression as possible I had to hold my breath and rest the lens on the side of the vehicle. (Canon EOS 1DX - 500mm - F4 - 1/100 - ISO 4000) "

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