Panthera leo
I have been at Antelope Park for a week now, although it seems like so much longer! I've been going out on research drives three times a day and am starting to learn the IDs of the 9 lions (although it is taking me a while, especially the females that have twins!). The lions haven't been doing a great deal because it is getting warm earlier now so for the most part they sleep - although I do know that they are meant to be inactive between 20-22 hours per day! We have entered the research site once at night time and it was amazing to see the difference in their behaviour during the dark. The lions are far more active, bold and even look larger in the moonlight. At one point all the females surrounded the vehicle and were within a metre of it, and I'm sure they knew that there were people inside. Thank god they didn't decide to jump in, because the cage on the back of the vehicle where I stand has a large enough hole in it for them to get inside! ...