One of my favorite pictures taken this week: A *Lioness* having an evening drink.
Enjoy your Sunday and have a good week!
… and a few extras from the same sighting …
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MAMMAL FRIDAY – AFRICAN LION
A few days ago I took this picture of a male Lions as he was resting on the road crossing our savanna.
A ‘King of the Animals’ pose by one of my favorite cats.
Enjoy your weekend 😊
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PICTURE OF THE WEEK – AFRICAN LION
The flehmen grimace is a rather comical sight produced by many male mammals. The main organ involved in the grimace is the Jacobson’s (vomeronasal) organ, in the nasal cavity just above the roof of the mouth.
The function of flehmen is to identify reproductive status of a possible sexual partners by ‘analyzing’ pheromones in the air.
To accomplish this the male will inhale a lot of air through the mouth which will then reach the Jacobson’s organ.
Have a good week!
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PICTURES OF THE WEEK – SLEEPY LIONS
Sleepy Sunday?
Take a leaf from the Lions’s book 😊
Male African Lions spend up to 20 hours a day snoozing, females get up to 18 hours of shuteye. That re-defines the word cat-nap!
Have a good week!
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A GOPRO INSIDE A LIONS MOUTH!
Hard to belief but my GoPro survived a Lion attack!
Yesterday at Thanda Safari we released two male Lions onto the reserve.
As always I was ready to take picture of the whole procedure.
I had also mounted my GoPro with velcro on top of a plastic box to set it up opposite the boma gate where the Lions would step out into freedom.
This is the most amazing GoPro video and audio footage of one of the two Lions taking my GoPro into his mouth, chewing on it and then demolishing the attached plastic box.
The GoPro survived the ordeal, the plastic box was not so lucky.
And I got the most amazing footage from INSIDE A LIONS MOUTH!
I have added my video frame screen shots at the end of video clip as these amazing images ‘fly by’ rather fast in the video itself.
Please share the story if you find it as incredible as I do. Thanks
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LION WEEK
I am featuring a species per week on my social media channels. Here is a summary of the last week’s posts (and some blog bonus images). I hope you enjoy some of my favorite Lion pictures :-).
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Imagine …
Imagine …
… you left your office for a short drive in nature
Imagine …
… you spend a warm summer evening on an open savanna
Imagine …
… a lite drizzle of rain and strong winds cool you down
and imagine …
… you watch a beautiful male Lion drinking, observing his surroundings and sleeping
Well, if you can imagine that then you shared one of my evenings this week 😊
Have a good weekend!
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A Mothers Day Picture
I thought this picture works well for MOTHERS DAY 🙂 Enjoy the day!
WorldLionDay 2017
Today is Wold Lion Day – a day to celebrate one of my favorite cats!
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The Montagues and Capulets
As in Romeo and Juliet this Lioness has no way to get united with her Romeo. As one can see in the video the young female is in esterous and is keen to mate, but the fences between two game reserve prevent the males from getting to here (the roars in the background are from the males on the neighboring reserve).
The lady is obviously not interested in the perfectly good dominant male on her side of the reserve. The grass seems always greener on the other side of the fence.
Enjoy the video and your week!
Video by Christian Sperka, Resident Wildlife Photographer Thanda Safari
