An alert Lioness rests after gorging on a hippo carcasse in the cloying mud wallow near Ikuu Hippo Pools. She will remain on guard to try to make sure
An alert Lioness rests after gorging on a hippo carcasse in the cloying mud wallow near Ikuu Hippo Pools. She will remain on guard to try to make sure scavengers do not usurp the easy meal till she and the rest of the Katuma Pride have had their fil. And a chance to clean off!
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Location: Katavi National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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