Tag: lion
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An old lion
A picture from the 8-volume series by Johann Bechstein, ‘Getreue Abbildungen Naturhistorischer Gegenstände’ (Realistic Pictures from Natural History), issued between 1795 and 1807. Seven of those volumes are available from the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. (click through on a volume – band – then on anything below ‘Inhalt’, and then on ‘Vorschau’ for thumbnail pages.) Bechstein books…
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Taking a lion for a ride
With a good video of a lion ride a “wall of death.”
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The lion who was crazy about football
YouTube link
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Some lions from Botswana
A few pictures of these large and beautiful predators when I could approach them during a recent photo trip to Botswana. Lion – Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles – All rights reserved < Lion – Copyright (C) Yves Roumazeilles – All rights reserved Botswana, October 2011. My other photographs from Botswana are on http://www.redbubble.com/people/roumazeilles
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Don’t bait the lion after a full Moon
When your safari guide tells you not to go outside of your tent at night, you should always respect this advice. Night is the right time for predators like lions to hunt. Most accidents in Tanzania happen in the last hours of the day or the beginning of the night. This is shown in the…
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Luffalo: A lion or a buffalo?
OK, I know this is an ad for a car, but it’s the rare occasion where you can see the (natural) hybrid of a lion and a buffalo. YouTube link