"Just 10 minutes out of the camp for our evening safari, we bumped into Mrefu on a buffalo kill. His partner Oloodo was sleeping in the tall grass about 50 meters away.
As we watched Mrefu, it looked like he had over eaten. He was very restless. Couldn't sleep, sit or stand. There was barely and meat left on the carcass so we knew he was going to move and probably look for some water to drink so we decided to wait with him.
As soon as it started getting a little cooler, he woke up and went straight to a a little stream just a few meters away from the buffalo carcass. Our guide Sammy managed to position the car in such away that Mrefu was facing straight towards us while drinking water."
'Watching Me Watch You' by Nili Gudhka @thejunglechic entered in aid of @maraelephantproject
Taken with a Nikon Z6 | Nikon 200-500mm | 5.6 | 1/50 | 640
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World Lion day is observed every year on August 10 to raise awareness about the conservation of lions. The lion is an endangered species on the IUCN Red List. The 5 biggest cats are found mostly in India, including the Royal Bengal Tiger, Indian leopard, Clouded Leopard, and Snow leopard. India is also recorded as the highest lion population with an increase of 29 percent from 2015 to 2020. Lions maintain the ecological balance and ensure the protection of natural forests and help in the conservation of biodiversity.
The lion is placed on the Red List of the International Union for Conservation of Nature due to its African population decreasing by 45% since 1990.
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