Pride in a tree.

[Live and Learn]

Rare photos show Serengeti lions napping in a tree
July 24, 2015 by David Strege

Australian Bobby-Jo Clow was leading a photographic safari in the Moru Kopjes area of Central Serengeti, Tanzania, when the tour came upon a very unusual sight: a tree full of lions taking naps.

The group had been photographing thousands of wildebeests and zebras that were part of the Great Migration when the lions were spotted in a sausage tree about one meter away.

“Our guide informed us that it is not common to see lions in trees, especially 15 of them at once and this was indeed a special sighting,” Clow wrote in a post on Africa Geographic. “When your guide gets his camera out and starts taking photos – then you know.”

Read more at http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/rare-photos-show-serengeti-lions-napping-in-a-tree/#0Yx5xRR7IsWR8kDt.99

More (more cool pics too)> http://www.grindtv.com/wildlife/rare-photos-show-serengeti-lions-napping-in-a-tree/#0Yx5xRR7IsWR8kDt.99

[Scootaloo]

1. A honey badger must have walked by n/t

[Scuba]

2. Was this pic taken in Milwaukee?

[cwydro]

6. Lol!

Did they catch that critter yet?

I hope they don't kill it, but I know they will.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

17. No, but some trigger happy cop shot a dog.

Just winged him so he seems like he will be ok.

[postulater]

3. One meter away? They must have been sleeping soundly. nt

[bluedigger]

5. Those new wide angle lenses are amazing!

[Solly Mack]

4. Cats will be cats.

[cwydro]

7. Great picture.

Thank you for posting it.

[B Calm]

8. All I can think of is James Patterson "Zoo" tv show.

[djean111]

9. Too bad the photographer didn't have a bunch of laser pointers.

And, yeah, the tree full of kitties in the TV show. BTW, the TV show is pretty much way different than the book, so far.

[B Calm]

11. I can't believe I haven't got around to reading this book. Did you like it?

[djean111]

12. I liked it. I have to confess, though - James Patterson sets my teeth on edge.

My sister bought the book, it is a fairly quick read, and is fairly good. The TV show, so far, is only vaguely similar to the book, it was a bit jarring to me because I had watched two episodes before reading.
I would like to state that I love seeing the animals on the TV show, but the acting is (IMO) dreadful and horrific.

[B Calm]

13. I'm like you with James Patterson, he gets on my nerves too. Some of his novels are good,

but some are horrible.

[NightWatcher]

10. Maybe they were playing The Floor Is Lava

It was a fav of mine as a child

[marked50]

14. Look closely

and you will see numerous long, sausage shaped "bags" hanging from various branches. I conjecture that they are filled with catnip.

[LWolf]

15. It's a sausage tree.

Those long, sausage-shaped bags are the fruit hanging from the tree.

Really.

If I were a cat, I'd sure want a "sausage" tree, lol, but the common name of Kigelia africana is "sausage tree" because the fruit looks like sausage.

[Liberal_in_LA]

16. that is an amazing picture

[Uncle Joe]

18. Kicked and recommended.

Thanks for the thread, Live and Learn.