A lion tongues its catch in the giraffe's dying moments Credit: mediadrumimages/Desmond Chu/@drdeschu The young mammal continued to spasm as the hungry lions tucked in at the Madikwe Game Reserve ...

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A lion tongues its catch in the giraffe's dying moments Credit: mediadrumimages/Desmond Chu/@drdeschu The young mammal continued to spasm as the hungry lions tucked in at the Madikwe Game Reserve ...

News Katie Davies 20:00, 25 Mar 2014 Updated 21:40, 25 Mar 2014 Barbaric spectacle: Kids were shown lion eating Marius (Image: Getty) ...

Mother giraffe tries in vain to defend its one-day-old calf from a lioness… but cannot stop the ruthless predator feasting on its newborn Photos were taken in Kenya's Maasai Mara National Park ...

Yet another commented: ‘The right decision, at least it was used. I just think it would be better to take a picture of a Lion without a piece of a giraffe. people read the comments, not everyone ...

In areas containing no lions, the giraffe population contained 34 percent of juveniles (individuals less than a year old) but in the presence of lions it only contained six percent juveniles. Giraffe ...

“The giraffe was running for its life, only once stopping to look behind it. The lions were still at least 200 yards behind the giraffe, not running hard but trotting.

The carcass of Marius, a male giraffe, is eaten by lions after he was put down in Copenhagen Zoo on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014. Copenhagen Zoo turned down offers from other zoos and 500,000 euros ...

In an unusual incident, however, a giraffe managed to survive an attack by a pride of lions - despite one of the big cats clinging onto its back. A video of the incident has now resurfaced on the ...

This was long before the story of Marius, the giraffe fed to lions last Sunday at the Copenhagen Zoo, put carcass-feeding in the national headlines. “Let me get this straight,” I said in the bar.