Here you see a couple of images I recently made at the National Zoo in Washington, DC. They are African Lions. The image of the male was made just before one of his morning roars.
A lion's roar, by the way, can be heard up to 5 miles away. And, I recently learned that a tiger is the lion's closest cousin and, get this, if you shaved both animals of their coats, they would look so similar that only an expert would be able to tell them apart. For some reason, that makes me think of the question, "Is a zebra black with white stripes or white with black stripes?"
Someday I would like to take a photo safari in Africa and capture various "big cats" in their natural environment. I know that there are many photographers that specialize in this sort of thing but one site that I have come across that I keep going back to is Andy Biggs' site. He really has some fantastic images and from what I can tell provides a great photo safari (albeit a bit pricey for my blood).
So, for now, captive animals that are native to some far off continent will have to do.
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