Lion (Panthera leo) brother grooming in grass at sunrise, Masai Mara National Reserve, National Park, Kenya

panthera leo lion panthera leo natural reserve natural area savanna sunrise adult male mane lie down grooming tenderness profile shot overview backlighting day carnivore diet masai mara national reserve panthera complicity morning vulnerable iucn vu national park litter offspring august lions nature reserves nature reserve nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas sunrises adults males manes going to bed lengthened stretched out lengthen lengthening bedtime stretching out stretch out go to bed laying down delousing delouse affection good looking cute tenderly caress caresses tendernesses profile sights profile sight profile shots profile view profile views side view overviews global sight global sights full length backlightings backlit days daytime carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals masai mara nature reserve masai mara game reserve maasai mara masai mara complicities collusion accomplice accomplices collusions dawn daybreak daybreaks mornings day rise cockcrow vulnerable species national parks sensitive natural areas litters offspring big cat wildcat feline carnivoran mammal wild animal animal environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment naturalness area low formation sun space stage of development individual morphology zoology morphology organism posture behavior social contact communicate social behaviour emotion shot light effect atmosphere ambiance diet pattern species rift valley province kenya east africa africa felidae carnivora mammalia therapsida synapsida vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota twilight threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species family enumeration convention on international trade in endangered species of wild cites)