ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 8月29日 22時00分

Image by @beverlyjoubert. Up close to the dominant male of the infamous, buffalo-hunting Tsaro Pride in Duba Plains in the Okavango Delta in Botswana. Recently the pride has largely changed their go-to prey to the thriving population of red lechwe. The numbers of these swamp-living antelope have increased enormously in the last decade since hunting ended here. It's good news for these big cats because the buffalo move seasonally (and are a much more dangerous prey). But the smaller size of these antelope means that the lions need to hunt more often. This is a good time of year for the pride to hunt lechwe. The males are fighting and the sharp clash of horns alerts the cats to the location of those individuals who are preoccupied and not on the lookout for predators. Dominant male lions (being male lions), will take advantage of the lionesses kills where possible rather than expend their energy hunting for themselves. How do they know when a kill happens? Often it is by following vultures - whose sudden flocks are quick giveaway of a possible meal. Here the male watches vultures fly overhead before deciding whether or not to follow them. #Thisismytrophy #bigcats #okavangolions #lion #causeanuproar #TsaroPride #DubaPlains

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