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When a lioness needs to give birth, she seeks a private place in the bush. Here her cubs will be born in secrecy, and every few days she will move her cubs to a new place so that it’s difficult for other predators to catch the scent. The day before we found the lioness and her newborns, she had been seen moving them in the area. We looked around all the bushes in the area and found them. We discreetly moved into the bush, making sure not to disturb the lioness and the cubs, or to attract attention from other vehicles. Well camouflaged and very quietly, we observed the young family. It being the 7th day after birth, this happened to be the first day they opened their eyes. There were only small ‘windows’ in the bushes through which to observe and to photograph, which meant I had to use manual focus a lot of the time.
Masai Mara, Kenya
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