A solitary lioness and her four well grown young feed ravenously off a hippo carcase killed close the Ruaha River Camp. The young are very immaciated

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A solitary lioness and her four well grown young feed ravenously off a hippo carcase killed close the Ruaha River Camp. The young are very immaciated and this windfall probably came just in time

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Size: 5000px × 3333px
Location: Ruaha National Park, Tanzania
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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