Lioness (Panthera leo) with cubs, Drinking from a pond, Shompole wilderness, Shompole Community, Kenya, East Africa, Africa

panthera leo lion panthera leo natural area savanna adult tongue glance drink to outdoor portrait front shot overview reflection night dark carnivore diet watering place look panthera family group thirst east african rift valley bank rive vulnerable puddle cites appendix 2 lion cub lioness march month private reserve water surface black background nobody shompole conservancy lions nature natural areas ecosystem ecosystems savannas adults tongues glances looking at camera drinking lap lapping drunk outdoors outsides outside portraits front views front sights front sight front shots front view overviews global sight global sights full length reflections mirror image reflected reflecting nights nightime darkness sink carnivorous animal carnivores diet carnivorous animals meat eating animal meat eating animals backwaters watering places backwater waterhole waterholes looked looking family groups thirsting great rift valley rift valley water edge banks rive water edges vulnerable species puddles lion cubs lionesses private reserves water surfaces watersurface watersurfaces black backgrounds with nobody big cat wildcat feline carnivoran mammal therapsid synapsid vertebrate chordate wild animal animal naturalness area low formation stage of development individual morphology zoology organism feeding behaviour light effect ambiance diet pattern species freshwater wetland area felidae carnivora mammalia cynodontia therapsida eupelycosauria synapsida tetrapoda tetrapodomorpha rhipidistia sarcopterygii euteleostomi gnathostomata vertebrata chordata deuterostomia coelomata bilateria metazoa opisthokonta eukaryota group fracture geology landform earth's crust threatened endangered species iucn red list of threatened species artificial wetland area convention on international trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora cites young female natural reserve environment protection environment management biodiversity management environment water matter rift valley province kenya east africa africa