Our daily work monitoring and protecting lions in Ngorongoro and helping protecting people from lions. Ngorongoro Crater lionesses of the Lakette pride still digging in for more. The gnu has clearly given up.
This lion male had all of a sudden moved into Ngarusi, a valley that only a few years ago hosted resident lions. Lioness Taylor, aka LK90, resting among Cordifolia gutemburgia. A nasty plant that takes over big tracts of Ngorongoro landscape β and provides good cover for lions.
Ingela driving close to a group of resting lions, getting close in order to see the whisker spot patterns, for correctly identify them all for the long term lion monitoring. Lions in the Ngorongoro Crater are so totally relaxed around cars β in fact they often seem to be attracted to them.
As tourists or myself stop to veiw them, they often approach, sidling into the shade beside or below the vehicle. Ngorongoro neighbours. Cubs from the Simba Survivors pride in the Serengeti chilling out in a comfortable sausage tree. Mamas are resting a couple of kilometers away. Munge males, here 5. Fights among males is the biggest threat to males. Ngorongoro Crater. Ingela showing the latest camera trap photos for curious residents of Longojoo, Ngorongoro Conservation Area.
Eugene resting his chin on his lady LK Lakes pride, Ngorongoro Crater. Photot taken just after a livestock herd with maasai herder had passed by. Orng'esher ceremony, here the retiring warriors symbolically hand in their spears, walking sticks and pangas β leaving the warrior responsibilities for the incoming age-set. A traditional Maasai feast celebrated by Conservation Officer Roimen's boma. Here the scramble game between women and a man over a massive meat kebab.
