狮子在恩杜图（塞伦盖蒂南部）雨中休息

ful lion lounges in the shade of an acacia tree on the savanna grassland of Ndutu (Serengeti South), Tanzania, during the warm afternoon hours. The lion rests lazily on the dry golden grass, its golden mane catching the sunlight as it occasionally surveys its territory. The peaceful scene belies the lion's reputation as the apex predator of the African savanna, one of the coveted big five that Safari tourists hope to encounter.