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Published: 2015-11-22 11:12:33 +0000 UTC; Views: 471; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 0
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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 manoeuRelated content
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Babies' expression here suggest a dawning of some degree.
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Good point, Linda - the cubs learn from their mother about the good, the bad, and the ugly. Here, they will be learning that leopards are in the bad category because they see their mother agitated and the object of her agitation. I actually thought this the best of the shots. I might try to promote it further.
Cheers
David
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I'd be interested to see how you could promote it better than this. Everything about it gets the message across most powerfully. (don't forget to keep this shot up too if you make changes! ^^ )
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I'll try posting to some other Groups!
David
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