Muddy Lioness (Panthera leo), Katavi National Park, Tanzania

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Description

An alert Lioness rests after gorging on a hippo carcass in the cloying mud wallow near Ikuu Hippo Pools. She will remain on guard to try to make sure scavengers do not usurp the easy meal till she and the rest of the Katuma Pride have had their fill. And a chance to clean off!

Photographer: Nick Greaves