(P:\Africa\Lion) Dn-a0432.jpg (Male African Lion) Comments
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From: dnew@san.rr.com (Darren New)
Subject: (P:\Africa\Lion) index1.gif (0/1) (331 K)
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 21:25:50 GMT
A *bunch* of lions coming up. Needless to say,
lions are the favorites of most safari guides, so
one sees a lot of them. Or at least, one takes
many pictures of them.
The ones in cages are again at the Nairobi
Wild Animal Orphanage. 440 is a black-maned
lion there. Their manes get darker as they get
older.
434 is one of a number of lionesses watching
a pack of nearby gazelle. They decided not
to waste energy trying to catch any.
456 shows the typical effect of seeing a lion:
sudden masses of safari vehicles clustering around,
sometimes so close together the lions
have trouble getting out of the circle.
Two more full sets of random lions coming up,
then a few chases and some tree-climbing lions.
Kenya and Tanzania, Summer 2000.
Scanned from 6x4 prints of 35mm film
with a not-too-good scanner.
Released to the Public Domain,
but I would appriciate hearing about
commercial use of the photos.
-- Darren New.