Snapshot Serengeti Talk

lions interacting?

  • heylei by heylei

    Anyone able to decipher this behavior? When I first looked at it I thought the male lion was jumping on top of the female--is that what's happening here? I'm going to see if there are any other shots of them but they look like they're moving pretty fast.

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  • davidbygott by davidbygott moderator

    Good one! The female's walking with her tail in the air, and the male is following very closely beside her. It's a classic courtship interaction, and the jumping-on-top probably followed seconds later.

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