Lions are well known of their muscular strength of bringing
down big prey such as buffalo, eland hippo, zebra, giraffe etc, but what
our Head Guide Joseph at Selous Game Reserve witnessed this week by the river on the sand was fascinating.
It was a quiet sunny day for the impalas as they went down to the
river to drink. Little did they know that a hungry and very determined
lioness is guarding the river for her next meal.
The sequence of pictures taken by Joseph of the action as it
unfolded, tells a vicious story of how far a hungry lion would go.
Joseph watched as the big lioness sent the impalas flying, and she was
struggling, skidding, taking sharp turns trying to catch the smallest
baby impala. This is what happens if the pride did not kill something
substantial, something big enough for the pride for a few days, they
will individually start preying on small animals like scrub hares,
rabbits, reptiles even on game birds.
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