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~ Our gradual progress over wet tracks brought us to a gentle gradient with a large expanse of short grass. Spread out near the track was a pride of Panthera leo, Lion, the Enkoyanai Pride. In less than 24 hours, the fourth of the Big Five I'd observed and photographed. We stopped at a distance at my request, enabling the 400mm lens to photograph all of them together. Not far behiind the pride, up the slope, a Bucorvis leadbetteri, Southern Ground Hornbill, was stalking prey, seemingly indifferent to the presence of the lions. Wings bolster courage.