Lion

We were lucky enough when visiting Chobe National Park in Botswana in July 2011 to come across a pride of young lions which had killed a young elephant and were busy enjoying their meal.

The pride consisted of three lionesses, one young male, and three youngish cubs. It was interesting to watch them eat off the carcass at the same time and observe the "pecking order" of the lions. The young cubs clearly had to wait their turn and only got a turn to nibble every now and then before getting slapped or growled at by one of the older lions. The young male was also quite dominant and was particularly intolerant of the cubs.