Photo series: the last moments of the life of the lion king Skar who once ruled the grasslands of South Africa

We always see the male lion has an extremely majestic appearance, but in the last moments of its life, not everyone knows.

Skybed Scar – the mighty lion king that once ruled the Kruger grasslands. In April 2018, in Kruger National Park, South Africa, two photographers Larry Pannell and Greg Parker took a rare set of photos of male lions taking their last breath naturally out in the wild. wild. In the last moments of his life, Skybed Scar – the mighty lion king that once dominated the Kruger grasslands and the photographers stood just over a meter apart. This male lion is a famous lion king in Kruger Park and once dominated a lion herd for several years. In his heyday. Skybed Scar has a mighty and majestic appearance, with muscular muscles and a loud roar that can make the surrounding herbivores tremble, even other male lions who want to usurp its throne. must also carefully consider the enormous power hidden in this roar. However, by the time the two photographers took these photos, Scar was old and had to leave her lions, or be chased from the lions, so she could only hunt alone. Lions are the only sociable of the big cats. They hunt together and take care of their young in packs. This helps them hunt more efficiently and can even kill large animals like the buffalo. A group of lions will usually include a male lion and a few female lions, sometimes even a herd of lion cubs running behind. A group of lions can have more than 50 individuals and in such large groups there can also be a few more adult male lions. Throughout her life, a female lion in a group of lions will be primarily responsible for hunting, while male lions are primarily responsible for patrolling the territory, intimidating other lions or other lions. invaders, keep the lions safe, and occasionally assist the lioness in her hunt. When the male lion cubs are close to reaching adulthood (under 3 years old) they will be kicked out of the herd to live in the wild, sometimes they will bond with several male lions like themselves to hunt together. bait. When these male lions are 6 years old (fully mature), they will use their strength to challenge other male lions to gain dominion over the lions. The defeated male lions will usually die from severe wounds, but if they are not dead then these old kings will be driven out of the pack and left to live alone, even if they are not. could become the target of the hyenas, and being able to die naturally would become a luxury. The photographer saw Skybed Scar at a watering hole, where a herd of small elephants usually drink water. When they got there, they noticed that a lion was drinking water on the bank, it seems that it is having problems with its left leg because its sitting angle is not very normal right now. And then they saw the lion stand up with a swaying posture like a drunk man, but in the end they discovered that it was an old lion and had not been eaten for a long time, its body only covered with skin. bone. Parker was a local photographer and recognized the old lion as Skybed Scar. It left the puddle and staggered toward a small high ground. Every few steps it will stop, bow its head to rest, accumulate the remaining strength in its body to be able to take a few more steps. After going up to the high ground, Skybed Scar looked back at the puddle one last time and then slowly walked down the slope, but only halfway through it, it fell. But right after that, a herd of elephants came to the puddle to play and satisfy their thirst, one elephant left the herd and walked towards the high ground, seeming to want to stand at a higher position to see the surrounding. Is there any danger around? At first, it did not detect the lion Scar 30 meters away, and Scar purposely avoided the view to avoid the elephant from detecting her. But unfortunately, the elephant still found it, stepped back and rushed towards Scar with a roar, when the other elephants heard the noise, they began to rush towards the old lion. Scar wanted to snarl at the elephants like when she was a child to scare away these scary giants, but now, she only had one choice, and that was to turn around and run with all her strength. The sound of galloping footsteps gradually disappeared, the dust also subsided, the two photographers drove to find the old lion, finally found Scar lying on the grass under the tree, dying unable to move. This last run had obviously exhausted him. Scar looked at the photographer with sad eyes, no one dared to approach the former king, but now, the photographer was more than a meter away, staring at its death. The old lion was breathing heavily, his chest heaving weakly, and his eyes slowly fading. Finally, after taking his last breath, Skar closed his eyes and safely left this world forever, and a generation of lion kings fell. You may often hear the traditional virtues of respecting the elderly and caring for young children on a bus, but in essence, such a statement clearly confuses many animals. Once the old male lion is driven out of the lions, only death awaits him; The new lion king will also kill the old lion king’s cubs, so that the lioness can mate with her In fact, most animals in the wild can hardly live to old age, not because they don’t want to die of old age, but their fellows don’t want to. Think twice, have you ever seen wild animals die of old age? Most people probably don’t see that in their lifetime.