A lioness yawns (Panthera leo), Katavi National Park, Tanzania

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SKU NGAF11121 Categories Lion, Wild Cats, Wildlife Tags africa, animal, animals, behaviour, Big Cats, Big Game, carnivore, Chada Plains, Chada Pride, Feline, identification, Katavi National Park, Lion, lion yawning, Lioness, mouth open wide, Panthera leo, Predator, Safari, tanzania, teeth, tongue, tourism, Travel, whisker spots, wild animals, wildlife, wildlife habitat, wildlife images, wildlife photography, wildlife photos, wildlife pictures, yawn, yawning, yawns

Description

A lioness of the Chada pride yawns while she cleans up after a gory meal of hippo. Close proximity allows easy identification of individuals from plotting the whisker spots, which are as individual as human fingerprints.

Photographer: Nick Greaves