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These cubs were not at all stressed by our closeness. Mom was just out of the shot, keeping a close eye on us, though.
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A lion is perhaps not what springs to mind when seeing this, but the information sign next to this little waterfall, at the Shinto shrine Kanda-myōjin in Tokyo, will tell you that it is. And it is not as strange as is sounds. This is a komainu, a lion-dog, a common guardian at shrines and temples in Japan - but they are sometimes (such as here) also referred to as stone lions.
This is actually just one in a set of three, the cubs parents are at the top of the rock (or mountain, as it is actually written in Japanese, even though it is not translated as such), looking down on their offspring. The parents are quite old, believed to have been carved in the 18th century, but the cub disappeared and the original rock (mountain) destroyed in the devastating earthquake of 1923. The cub and the rock was reconstructed and reunited with the original lions in 1989, in celebration of the new emperor.
Part of a large Pride waiting for a crocodile to clear the water-hole before going down to drink. Serengeti, Tanzania.
near the Ndutu Marshes while we were returning to the camp
in the southeastern Serengeti in Tanzania
Behind the lions a Hooded Vulture is hardly visible
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Avec une crinière moins fournie, un pelage plus épais et une touffe de poil caudale plus grande, le lion d’Asie est moins connu que son cousin africain. Vivant en milieu forestier le territoire d’un mâle recouvre partiellement celui de plusieurs petits groupes de femelles… On est bien loin du harem des lions d’Afrique. Autrefois, le lion d'Asie régnait sur tout le sous-continent indien. Aujourd'hui, il ne subsiste plus (300 à 400 individus) que dans le parc national de Gir, en Inde. L'espèce est en grand danger d'extinction.
Parc des Félins, 21 juillet 2021
An adult Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) rests in the woods on the edge of a rocky ledge at the entrance of Glendale Cove off Knight Inlet on the west coast of Canada.
We were on a wildlife tour, primarily for Grizzly Bear, with Tide Rip Grizzly Tours out of Telegraph Cove on the northeast tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
It is a boat tour which holds about 10 people and you are out for most of the day. If I remember, it is about 90 minutes travel to Glendale Cove but you never know what you may encounter. In this case, it was their first Mountain Lion observation and we had about 5 minutes as it patiently observed us and the surrounding area before disappearing into the woods.
It is something I will never forget, thankfully with some photos to remind me of that once in a lifetime observation.
4 June, 2013.
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Lions are the only cats that live in groups. Lions are the second largest cat on Earth (after Siberian Tiger).
It was a pleasant 4-eye meeting (early morning, Engelhard Dam Road). He gave me few seconds to take some photos and then suddenly started roaring. At first I was a little bit in panic, but after few seconds I unerstood that this was not for me, he was calling his friends.
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.
South Africa, Kruger National Park
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Kruger National Park
This is the last snap I took before shutting the window. The Lion was just plodding along past us, showing no interest in our presence.
This Stellar Sea Lion is keeping an eye on me but is otherwise not afraid and continues to swim in the area looking for salmon to eat.
Taken 16 September 2019 at Valdez, Alaska.
The lion is another one of the amazing sand sculptures which add additional interest to the park at the palace of Ludwigsburg right now. In reality he sits in front of a restaurant which doesn't make a pretty background. When I saw him I immediately imagined him on a rock high above the plains of the Serengeti with only the sky above him and this is the reason why I chose this background for him.
The Golden Lion Tamarin is a perfect example how zoos can be beneficial and without a captive breeding program these little monkey's would of no doubt become extinct.
In the 80's the Golden lion Tamarin reached an all time low, with an estimated 150 individuals remaining in the wild and by 1996 they were classified as critically endangered. The reason for this was largely due to loss of habitat – 90 percent of Brazil’s coastal forests have been cleared for logging or development.
Fortunately for this species, conservationists have spent the last three decades fighting for their survival.
Thanks to a captive breeding and reintroduction program initiated with zoos around the world, their number increased to 1000 individuals in the wild by the year 2000 and their status was downgraded to endangered by 2003. Today there are an estimated 3000 golden lion tamarins in the wild.
Kruger National Park.
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And a clock. And the White Lion. And Wood Street. I quite like this little scene from Macclesfield.
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Fomapan 100 film
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Created for dA Users Gallery Challenge 113 - Model 264
Model with thanks to La-Esmeralda-Stock
Background photo my own
background texture/overlay thanks to pareerica
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lion, grass and foliage thanks to Moonglowlilly
Created for Angie's Animal Antics Challenge No 11 – Wild Animals
Sea lions are pinnipeds characterized by external ear flaps, long foreflippers, the ability to walk on all fours, short, thick hair, and a big chest and belly. Together with the fur seals, they comprise the family Otariidae, eared seals, which contains six extant and one extinct species (the Japanese sea lion) in five genera. Their range extends from the subarctic to tropical waters of the global ocean in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres, with the notable exception of the northern Atlantic Ocean. They have an average lifespan of 20–30 years. A male California sea lion weighs on average about 300 kg (660 lb) and is about 2.4 m (8 ft) long, while the female sea lion weighs 100 kg (220 lb) and is 1.8 m (6 ft) long. The largest sea lion is Steller's sea lion, which can weigh 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) and grow to a length of 3.0 m (10 ft). Sea lions consume large quantities of food at a time and are known to eat about 5–8% of their body weight (about 6.8–15.9 kg (15–35 lb)) at a single feeding. Sea lions can move around 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) in water and at their fastest they can reach a speed of about 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph). Three species, the Australian sea lion, the Galápagos sea lion and the New Zealand sea lion, are listed as endangered. 14674
One of the most entertaining things about self-driving safaris is that once you're parked and quiet, the animals ignore you and just go about their business. This lion (and the others) walked so close to our vehicle a couple times that we rolled up the windows (just in case).
Nxai Pan National Park, Botswana
Taken from; New Brighton Park
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The Lions are a pair of pointed peaks (West Lion - 1,646 m (5,400 ft); East Lion - 1,606 m (5,269 ft)) along the North Shore Mountains in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They can be seen from much of the Greater Vancouver area, as far as Robert Burnaby Park in East Burnaby, south to parts of Surrey, and from the west on the Howe Sound Islands and the Sunshine Coast. Along with the Lions Gate Bridge named in their honour, these twin summits have become one of the most recognizable Vancouver landmarks.