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lioness_on_log Despite being plagued by tsetse this lioness posed beautifully for me. Geotagged,Lion,Panthera leo,Summer,Tanzania Click/tap to enlarge

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Despite being plagued by tsetse this lioness posed beautifully for me.

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  1. Tsetse flies really are awful! Just non-stop biting us in some areas we visisted. Posted 10 years ago
  2. Great pose. I can vouch too for the Tsetse flies, just the other day, intense burning on my leg...damned tsetse! Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago
  3. I know, they can really hurt Posted 10 years ago

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The lion is one of the five big cats in the genus "Panthera" and a member of the family Felidae. The commonly used term African lion collectively denotes the several subspecies found in Africa. With some males exceeding 250 kg in weight, it is the second-largest living cat after the tiger.

Similar species: Carnivorans
Species identified by dunlak
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Uploaded Aug 28, 2015. Captured Mar 9, 2010 12:14 in B144, Tanzania.
  • Canon EOS 40D
  • f/8.0
  • 1/320s
  • ISO200
  • 400mm