Mother's Pride

This was the first family of lions we photographed in Kenya. The three older cubs belong to the lioness, whilst the younger one was literally dumped on the family by another mother who left to go hunting and never returned for her cub. We followed this family for the six days we spent in the Mara and were delighted to see that the female cub had adopted the little one as her own. The lioness had actually weaned her cubs and wasn't keen to suckle the newcomer so we were anxious that it would not survive. After a few days, we witnessed a wonderful scene with the lioness suckling the youngster. The two male cubs played quite boistrously with their new sibling until the female cub stepped in to make sure her charge wasn't injured in the rough play.

Brand:	NIKON CORPORATION
Camera:	Nikon D40X Check out Nikon Nation!
Lens:	Nikon 70-300mm VR
Recording media:	RAW (digital)
Date Taken:	29 Sep 2011 - 8:42 AM
Focal Length:	300mm
Lens Max Aperture:	f/5.7
Aperture:	f/11.0
Shutter Speed:	1/250sec
Exposure Comp:	0.0
ISO:	400
Exposure Mode:	Aperture-priority AE
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
Flash:	No Flash

Title:	Mother's Pride
Username:	HP1485
Uploaded:	22 Nov 2011 - 12:16 AM
Tags:	Golden light, Kenya, Lion cubs, Lions, Masai mara, Travel, Wildlife / nature
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