Young Male Lion After Eating A Buffalo (Panthera leo)
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
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On January 17th in the Masai Mara, three lionesses brought down a cape buffalo. Once the animal was dead, a black maned male lion approached the site and took the capture away from them and started to eat. Following this, three young male lions proceeded to take control of the carcass from the adult male lion and chased him away.
This is what I was told by some members of my photo group that evening. I felt bad because I had missed the action while we were away photographing some cheetahs. The next day, our jeep headed to the location of the kill to find the three young male lions from the day before had returned to feast. They ate quite a bit of the dead animal, when a large group of hyenas approached the scene.
The hyenas hung back and watched the lions eat while slowly approaching the carcass. The three males were successful at keeping them at bay. As time went by, one and then two lions became full and moved away. With only one male lion left on the carcass, the group of hyenas approached even closer and were actually eating at the same time as the last young male. Then they chased away him away, and moved in to eat.
Who should appear on the scene next but the older black maned male from the day before. He oozed confidence and started walking straight up to the carcass. He must have had a lot of macho, because he then proceeded to chase away all of the hyenas. Following in his footsteps for five feet behind were two jackals hoping to have a bite.
Young Male Lion After Eating A Buffalo (Panthera leo)
Masai Mara National Reserve
Kenya
East Africa
Happy Caturday !!!
See images in the first comment section.
On January 17th in the Masai Mara, three lionesses brought down a cape buffalo. Once the animal was dead, a black maned male lion approached the site and took the capture away from them and started to eat. Following this, three young male lions proceeded to take control of the carcass from the adult male lion and chased him away.
This is what I was told by some members of my photo group that evening. I felt bad because I had missed the action while we were away photographing some cheetahs. The next day, our jeep headed to the location of the kill to find the three young male lions from the day before had returned to feast. They ate quite a bit of the dead animal, when a large group of hyenas approached the scene.
The hyenas hung back and watched the lions eat while slowly approaching the carcass. The three males were successful at keeping them at bay. As time went by, one and then two lions became full and moved away. With only one male lion left on the carcass, the group of hyenas approached even closer and were actually eating at the same time as the last young male. Then they chased away him away, and moved in to eat.
Who should appear on the scene next but the older black maned male from the day before. He oozed confidence and started walking straight up to the carcass. He must have had a lot of macho, because he then proceeded to chase away all of the hyenas. Following in his footsteps for five feet behind were two jackals hoping to have a bite.