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Lioness cleaning her paw

Lioness cleaning her paw

Life in South Luangwe can be savage. This young Lioness must have been very hungry and made the mistake by trying to hunt a Porcupine. And paid the price for it...
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Life in South Luangwe can be savage. This young Lioness must have been very hungry and made the mistake by trying to hunt a Porcupine. And paid the price for it. she was trying to remove the spines from her paw here. If you look closely you can see them also on her jaw
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NIKON D200

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Aperture f/4.5 ISO 100 Shutter 1/160 Focal Length 5000/10

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Kakumi, Luapula, ZM

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Feb, 2016

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