The other evening our Lion pride were seen on a Giraffe kill. When I got there it looked like the two females had taken the giraffe down initially and had been feeding on it until the three males arrived later and took over. The females were lying off to one side, both of them well fed. The Lions were busy feeding and I sat and observed the action for over an hour until it started to get dark. The small lioness had been very shy and quite aggressive when she was first released from the boma. A few weeks later and she is much more habituated and is quite relaxed even with my vehicle parked next to her Portrait of a well fed Lioness I managed this image of the collared lioness as she got up from where she had been lying near the kill. Note the full belly The three lions busy feeding. I had not seen them for a while and it is quite noticeable how much they have grown in the interim. Of interest is how their manes are also developing. They are offspring of a lion which has a black mane so they are going to be a magnificent when fully mature After some time even one of the lions took a break from feeding One of the lions looks up as the collared female approaches towards the kill again The collared lioness lies down just out of range and waits for another chance to approach the carcase As the sun sets and it starts to get dark I leave the site with the lions still busy feeding
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