Lions

© Michael Nichols, Η σύντομη αλλά ευτυχισμένη ζωή ενός λιονταριού του Σερενγκέτι, νικητής στη κατηγορία “Φύση και άγρια ζωή” του επαγγελματικού διαγωνισμού, Michael Nichols, ΗΠΑ, 2014 Sony World Photography Awards/National Geographic Society

During the rains this unnamed kopje (rock outcropping) has a waterhole that brings prey for the Vumbi pride. On this afternoon they rested closely together after all five females attacked Hildur, the second male in the resident coalition. Why? Maybe simply because there was not enough food to share.