Anastasia Photo and LOOK3 exhibit: During the rains this unnamed kopje (rock outcropping) has a waterhole that brings prey for the Vumbi pride. On this afternoon they rested closely together after all five females attacked Hildur, the second male in the resident coalition. Why? Maybe simply because there was not enough food to share.
NGM Aug 2013: The Vumbis rest on a kopje, or rocky outcrop, near a favorite water hole. Lions use kopjes as havens and outlooks on the plains. When the rains bring green grass, wildebeests arrive in vast herds.
SPI: The Vumbis rest on a rocky outcrop near a favorite water hole.
Field caption: Serengeti National Park Tanzania. Vumbi a plains pride and part of the Serengeti Lion Project. The Vumbi Pride consists of 5 adult females now 8 cubs born in April 2011. During the rains this unnamed kopje (rock outcropping) has a waterhole that brings prey for the Vumbi pride. On this afternoon they rested closely together after all five females attacked Hildur, the second male in the resident coalition.
