South Africa: When night falls, lions are kings

It was the impalas I felt sorriest for. Poor little buggers.

They're so pretty up close, such a sweet little deer with lovely shiny fur which always seems to look freshly washed and brushed.

But they're so skittish, always looking over their shoulders.You should see them in the dark after lionesses have been chasing them.Nervous. Jumpy. Terrified.We saw lionesses first during the day at the Sabi Sabi Game Reserve.A pride of 11 casually wandered right past the truck, so flamin' close, sauntering along one by one, with not a care in the world. it was early in the morning and still cool and the lions looked alert, as if they might be willing to give chase to something.Sometimes they'd look you straight in the eyes on their way by. "Lunch" you could imagine them thinking.Even as we watched on in admiration, the heat of the day turned up so quickly hunting was soon forgotten.

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