December 15, 2014 • 1

Little Big Cat Fight

Another visit to the #PhiladelphiaZoo shows how quickly the four lion cubs are growing up. They were very active this time but photographic conditions were almost non-existent – sun glare, reflections in glass, only an iPhone, no “real” camera – but I got a two cute (and shareable) shots of the cubs and one or two shots of real close-up big cats. I was just on the other side of the glass from Papa Makini but that shot is almost nothing but sun glare and I didn’t share it here – have to maintain some photographic standards!

I also shot lots of videos and the ones shared below are enjoyable, viewable despite sun glare and reflections and show a great play fight between two of the cubs. Enjoy!

This is the sweet older female lion at the zoo. I think I heard a keeper say she was around 20 years old but I can’t swear on it. She makes me a little sad because she’s all alone when lions are known to be such social animals, and it looks like she’s got a bit of an eye problem. But I’m sure the zoo is taking the proper care of her – I trust them like that.