Meeting up with Mum!

When a pride of lions has many juvenile members, the experienced Lionesses often leave them for a while to attempt hunting on their own.

Especially young male Lions regularly “mess up” a hunt by being too obvious and/or too clumsy.

In this picture, a Lioness returned to the pride from such an unsuccessful outing, and all the youngsters ran enthusiastically to greet her.

A moment after this image was taken, they complained (moaned) to mum about being hungry.

And a few minutes after that, a dazzle of Zebras walked by, and the whole pride (8 lions) tried to catch one of them, again with no success.

As it got very warm at the time, they all decided to settle down in the shade of a tree and try their luck again in the evening.

A great experience for the guests on my vehicle!

Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240mm | ISO 1250 | 1/3000 sec | f6.3 | EV +0 | 150mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode | Cropped to 25% of the original image

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