Lion (Panthera leo) cubs grooming each other. Mpumalanga. South Africa.

panthera leo lion panthera leo natural area savanna tongue lie down grooming lick tenderness overview carnivore diet kruger national park panthera family group complicity biosphere reserve vulnerable iucn vu mpumalanga province national park transborder park litter offspring lion cub game reserve november nobody great limpopo transfrontier park lions nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas tongues going to bed lengthened stretched out lengthen lengthening bedtime stretching out stretch out go to bed laying down delousing delouse lick itself licking itself licking licked affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses overviews global sight global sights full length carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals family groups complicities collusion accomplice accomplices collusions biosphere reserves vulnerable species east transvaal mpumalanga national parks sensitive natural areas transnational park transnational parks transborder parks transfrontier park transfrontier parks litters offspring lion cubs wildlife reserve with nobody big cat wildcat feline carnivoran mammal wild animal animal naturalness area low formation morphology zoology morphology organism posture behavior social contact communicate social behaviour emotion shot diet pattern species limpopo province south africa southern africa africa felidae carnivora mammalia therapsida synapsida vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota group enumeration environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species family convention on international trade in endangered species of wild cites young stage of development individual