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Lion Family 4

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The Leopard and the LionsJust South of the Lemala Camp, in the central Serengeti, stands a solitary statuesque sausage tree (Kigelia africana) http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/plants-fungi/kigelia-africana-sausage-tree Rising to 15 meters, with its convoluted branches covered in dense foliage and with its large sausage-shaped fruits hanging ripe to fall, this tree casts a wide shadow over a dry gulch of an ephemeral river that floods the land in the rainy season. Parched land covered in long but dessicated grass lies all around, an occasional thorn bush breaking the local monotony. This is where we found the lions that morning. I say "we" found the lions, rather our amazing guide/driver Alfred the Great, he of the lucky belt (more of which in a later Feature) had found the lions after a careful study of tracks and patches of flattened grass. Standing up in the Land Cruiser, scouring the landscape, my wife and I saw nothing until Alfred whispered, "There, in the gulch - a paw!" Carefully manoeu
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1000x667px 839.3 KB
Make
Canon
Model
Canon EOS 5D Mark III
Shutter Speed
1/1000 second
Aperture
F/5.6
Focal Length
300 mm
ISO Speed
250
Date Taken
Oct 31, 2015, 8:16:46 AM
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Whoa, those claws!  And the muscle and power displayed in her shoulders and back! :faint:!!