15th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
An African lion caught a wildebest

While on a safari, in Africa, early one morning we saw a lion dragging something. Our guide got into a position where he was heading and we then saw it was a wildebest. Every once in a while he would set it down and look around--here he was looking at us!

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 07.2017
Date Uploaded: 11.2017
Photo Location: Botswana
Camera: ILCA-99M2
Copyright: © Katherine Plessner