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Thanks very much!
It was an indescribably magical trip. And watching the lion spar with the crocodiles, with the crocs backing down, was a highlight!
I love the first photo, in significant part because of the scars he bears. Only about one in eight male lions reach adulthood; once there, it's not a bad life as the apex predator (note the photo of the adult male sleeping on its back in the sun; I suspect not too many other creatures in the bush will do that), but it's not easy getting there!
We were reminded constantly that we were witnessing real survival out there; nobody cleans up the bones after a meal, which are everywhere (particularly elephant bones, which can be too heavy to carry off to a safer place). We saw a group of four leopard sub-adult siblings stalk and eat a kudu. We saw animals hunting and being hunted. And animals hoping to avoid being hunted.
It was worth all the trouble and expense!
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