Chase Dekker / African Lion (Panthera leo) cub, Masai Mara, Kenya

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) male attacking a Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus), Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) male portrait, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Mitsuaki Iwago / African Lion (Panthera leo) pride on cracked mud in dry season, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Chase Dekker / African Lion (Panthera leo) cub, Masai Mara, Kenya

Chase Dekker / African Lion (Panthera leo) cub, Masai Mara, Kenya

Chase Dekker / African Lion (Panthera leo) cub, Masai Mara, Kenya

Martin van Lokven / African Lion (Panthera leo) sub-adult male predating Blue Wildebeest (Connochaetes taurinus) calf, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Martin van Lokven / African Lion (Panthera leo) cubs, Ngorongoro Conservation Area, Tanzania

Hiroya Minakuchi / African Lion (Panthera leo) juvenile males play-fighting, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Hiroya Minakuchi / African Lion (Panthera leo) sub-adult males, Okavango Delta, Botswana

Hiroya Minakuchi / African Lion (Panthera leo) juveniles playing, Masai Mara, Kenya