A big male lion trying to intimidate the photographer with his stare.
This animal is one of a pair that were rescued from canned-lion hunting and brought to this reserve for protection.
Size: 3937px × 5906px
Location: A game reserve in the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Photo credit: © David G Richardson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: adaptable, africa, african, ambush, animal, apex, big, canines, cape, cat, claws, coalitions, communicator, complex, dew-claws, dimorphic, diurnal, growls, hairy, huge, hunter, immensly, intimidating, keystone, leo, lion, male, mane, muscular, nocturnal, opportunistic, panthera, powerful, predator, pride, prides, province, pupils, purrs, retractable, roars, scavenger, shaggy, snarls, social, south, stare, stealthy, strong, tail, tuft, western, wildlife