as small as a world and as large as alone

4:18am October 22, 2013

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Cliffhanger by: Jean-Francois Largot - Masai Mara game reserve, Kenya

Clinging on for dear life to the side of a vertical cliff, the tiny lion cub cries out pitifully for help. His mother arrives at the edge of the precipice with three other lionesses and a male. The females start to clamber down together but turn back daunted by the sheer drop. Eventually one single factor determines which of them will risk her life to save the youngster – motherly love. Slowly, agonisingly, the big cat edges her way down towards her terrified son, using her powerful claws to grip the crumbling cliff side.  One slip from her and both animals could end up dead at the bottom of the ravine. Just as the exhausted cub seems about to fall, his mother circles beneath him and he is snatched up in her jaws. She then begins the equally perilous journey back to the top. Minutes later, they arrive and she gives the frightened creature a consoling lick on the head. by: Paul Thompson

I AM IN AGONY

They weren’t gonna have a repeat of the old Mufasa incident, after all. Totes scarred the community.

scarred the community.

scarred.

scarred.

Moral of the story: stop letting lions near cliffs/ ledges

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