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12-18-2016, 09:11 PM( This post was last modified: 12-18-2016, 09:14 PM by Georgel )
Clash of the Titans: Rasta -vs- Pretty Boy
The Fight - Two male lions, brothers, during mating season, fighting over a female.
A lot of people messaged me about the fight between the two male lions featured on the main page. The two main requests were for more photos and also for some details on how the fight broke out.
The photos were taken in 2006 during a safari in South Africa, We stayed at Leopard Hills and a large group of lions settled right outside our camp. Six Males (Mapogos), many females and cubs and it was mating season. The guides from our camp believe that all 6 males were brothers.
The photo shoot started with me photographing one of the males mating with a female and all of a sudden something bothered the mating male (Rasta) and he just lunged at his brother (Pretty Boy).
The fight took only a couple of minutes, it looked and sounded like a very real fight to the death and although it was very violent it seems that both males walked away from each other with only a few scratches, fully capable to fight again... another day.
At the request of many fans I created a gallery with additional photos of "The Fight", enjoy :