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~ Although it would seem that we'd observed all of Samburu's lionesses in their sundry shaded lounges, there remained one final female before we headed back to the Samburu Sopa Lodge for lunch and an afternoon swim. Dubbed the ‘Duchess of Samburu’, she was older, larger and seemingly more self-confident than her nearby sisters. Our position was such that close range images were possible. Her splendid yawns displayed the formidable dentition of a capstone predator. She yawned, stretched, napped and ultimately looked in the far distance with the intensity of an experienced hunter. I do love being with lions!