big-kitties:
Lions by Simon Grason
Via Flickr:
Taken on a pre-production EOS 1Dx
mima-sama:
kitty:
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Behold, the majestic king of the jungle
nubbsgalore:
female lions are the predominant caregivers to their young, and will nurse not only their own cubs but those of relatives in the pride if the litters are born close together. weaned between seven and ten months, cubs depend on the moms until they are at least sixteen months old.
but lions are vanishing from the wild. africa’s lion population has declined by 90 percent in the last 75 years, with their numbers plummeting from 450,000 only fifty years ago to less than 20,000 today.
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caffeinatedfeminist:
magicalnaturetour:
Lion Gets Stuck In A Tree Before His Brother Helps Him Down. All photos by Carters News via The Huffington Post ~ Please click through to see the gif they made of this hilarious incident. It was too big for me to post it here for you. :D
The brother on the ground is displaying the most perfect face of “This asshole got stuck up a fucking tree again” I think I’ve ever seen.
lepreas:
stunningpicture:
Lions are fed frozen blood during the heatwave in Melbourne
that’s so sweet and so gross
fox-power:
Beard Lady By Rudi Hulshof
stigmartyr762:
helioscentrifuge:
combeferret:
kitties are kitties no matter what size
sploosh
That lion has one of the most majestic looking manes, that I’ve ever seen before.
wolverxne:
Cliffhanger by: Jean-Francois Largot - Masai Mara game reserve, Kenya
Clinging on for dear life to the side of a vertical cliff, the tiny lion cub cries out pitifully for help. His mother arrives at the edge of the precipice with three other lionesses and a male. The females start to clamber down together but turn back daunted by the sheer drop. Eventually one single factor determines which of them will risk her life to save the youngster – motherly love. Slowly, agonisingly, the big cat edges her way down towards her terrified son, using her powerful claws to grip the crumbling cliff side. One slip from her and both animals could end up dead at the bottom of the ravine. Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws. She then begins the equally perilous journey back to the top. Minutes later, they arrive and she gives the frightened creature a consoling lick on the head. by: Paul Thompson
