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Lions Hunting a Banded Mongoose in the Serengeti

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DragonSpeed:
Not exactly a takedown of a wildebeest or the usual NatGeo material,  but cool, nonetheless.  We watched a pride of lions take down a wayward Banded Mongoose, when we were in the Serengeti.

Mongoose moves, out of frame... His first (and ultimately last) mistake

Lions Hunting a mongoose by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

First chase - Mongoose escapes by mere centimetres

Lions Hunting a mongoose by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

Full out chase when one finds him again....

Lions Hunting a mongoose by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

Two of the cats going head to head chasing that mongoose:

Lions Hunting a mongoose by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

Success - a small snack

Lions Hunting a mongoose by Brian Hampson, on Flickr

My only wish was that it could have been closer.  These were all shot at 400mm.  Pretty exciting for a such a small "event", personally.

The rest of the shots from that day

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