Week 182 - South Africa

So quite on the looking Lion

Photographed at Port Lympe Animal Park, Kent, which is one of the few places in the world where there are still direct descendants of this species in captivity. The Barbary Lion, which is also known as the Atlas Lion, is a sub-species that became extinct in the wild sometime in the 20th century. Its former habitat range was North Africa encompassing the region Morocco to Egypt. It's often regarded as the largest and heaviest of the lion sub-species with an estimated weight of up to 230kgs…

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This might be the biggest cat on earth at Myrtle Beach Safari with Kody Antle, over 900 pounds!