Gay pride! Photographer Captures Male Lions ‘Mating’ In The Wild
It must be the animal kingdom’s version of gay pride. These images show two male lions apparently mating in the wild.
Nicole Cambré, a lawyer from Brussels, photographed the two adult males getting more than affectionate last month.
She explains: ‘I saw those two male lions mating during a safari in the Lagoon area of the Kwando concession in Botswana. According to our guide they had only started their behaviour that same week.
'These intruder males had pushed out the resident males earlier in the year and the other female lions had headed into the Mopani woodlands; an area difficult to access with a safari vehicle.
Mane attraction: The two beasts appeared to be getting on very well
Big cat lovers: The pair enjoy a moment together
'Only one lioness was seen in the centre of the concession where the male lions were and the lions showed no interest in the lioness leading to the assumption that she may have been pregnant.
She added: 'It is the first time I have seen homosexual behaviour in lions, but when reading about it upon my return, it is not that uncommon. With the light just around sunset, it gave some spectacular images.
'One of the lions was wearing a collar and our guide thought that they may have crossed from Namibia.’
Miss Cambré is a lawyer from Brussels, Belgium with a passion for photography. One of her images won the nature category of the 2014 National Geographic photo contest.
Pictures from Rex
