Dramatic lion cub rescue, Masai Mara
Here’s an incredible sequence of shots attributed to Jean-Francois Largot in which a lion cub is rescued by its mother from a deep river gully in
Kenya’s Masai Mara.
…mother deliberates from the top of the river bank whilst the cub calls for help and hangs on tight…
Courtesy Jean-Francois Largot
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- …things are getting precarious as the mother tries to get down to the stricken cub…
…aunts and an uncle watch on as the mother prepares for another attempt…
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- …the lioness is nearly there but the cub’s seriously rattled by now…
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- …as the cub loses his grip he’s snatched by the scruff of the neck!
…and she beats a powerful and hasty retreat up to safety…
Now if she could speak what would this lioness be saying?
Special notes
- All the good reasons why we should “go beyond the obvious in Africa“
- “Going beyond luxury” – isn’t it time to get some honest African dirt between your toes?
- Our “secret seasons” – when tourists aren’t about, game conditions are best, safari prices are most attractive
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