Pride feasts on giraffe

19 May

This post is a revisit of a the ’Just a Carcass Remains‘ story from last month.

I missed the incident, being in Maun doing shopping, but was sent some pictures by Paul Janssen from Going Africa Safaris.

A pride of lions feeds on a giraffe carcass

Lions may be social cats, but at feeding time this is certainly not the case. Each individual must fight for their place around the carcass, with the softer parts being more prized. Once bellies are full the lions’ aggression towards each other eases.

Bloody-faced lions growl as they compete for a position at the carcass

Feeding time always results in tense squabbles over meat

A lion is covered in blood having just fed on the giraffe carcass

Lions groom each other after the meal

Two cats play after having fed on the giraffe kill

Thanks again to Paul for the images and filling us in on what we missed.

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4 Responses to “Pride feasts on giraffe”

  1. Manu Mittal 19. May, 2010 at 1:17 PM #

    These are some amazing shots of the big cats at feeding time!

    Thanks for the pictures!

    -Manu

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  2. Chanel 20. May, 2010 at 4:57 AM #

    Thanks for the amazing photo’s. We are heading to Moremi 13 June 2010 and I was wondering about the road conditions. Is it still very wet? Getting better? Thanks

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  3. Rick 20. May, 2010 at 10:38 AM #

    love this story just great

    Reply
  4. JasonL 20. May, 2010 at 1:40 PM #

    Hi Chanel

    It is still very wet here, the flood waters are still pushing in, but the flow is slowing down.

    Check at South Gate and they’ll recommend the best route.

    Cheers

    Jason

    Reply

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