Serengeti--Lion Killing Wildebeest

Serengeti National Park, Tanzania 2024

We came across a lioness on the road right after sunrise. She was eyeing a lone wildebeest in the grass about 10 yards away, who apparently did not see her. That was the biggest mistake the wildebeest ever made. Suddenly she POUNCED!! In about 3 seconds she had the wildebeest down, and was applying the deadly suffocation hold.

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