Pakistani photographer Atif Saeed got this excellent close-up of a lion at a safari park near Lahore. The photographer then barely managed to get into his car before Simba nailed him. io9

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Feeding time at the Orana Wildlife Park, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Via Ratak Monodosico.

Via Theo.

Twice a week an employee of the Dushanbe Zoo (Tajikstan) walks with a lion cub, Vadik, while holding a piece of meat to attract his attention so that he heels.

Via Fred Lapides.

South Africa’s Kevin Richardson is following in the footsteps of such other renowned animal behaviorists as Timothy Treadwell.

2:41 video

Hat tip to Gwynnie.

African video of lions attempting to take young Cape Buffalo.

8:23 video

I think Glenn Reynolds would say that those Cape Buffalo behaved like “a pack, not a herd.”