Will Burrard-Lucas / Lion (Panthera leo) walking over the plain, taken with remote camera. Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. December

Anup Shah / Spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) pup approaching with curiosity. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. Taken with remote wide angle camera.

Mitsuaki Iwago / Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii) herd at waterhole, Serengeti

Suzi Eszterhas / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) chasing male Thomson's Gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii), Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / African Lion (Panthera leo) courting male and female, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) cub feeding on Cape Buffalo (Syncerus caffer) carcass, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) female attacking Burchell's Zebra (Equus burchellii), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) mating pair quarreling, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) mother and cub, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) mother and young cubs, approximately 8 weeks old, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) mother growling at curious 4 month old cub playing with tortoise, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, sequence 3 of 4

Suzi Eszterhas / African Lion (Panthera leo) curious four month old cub, playing with tortoise, vulnerable, Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya, sequence 2 of 4