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Your Lion Eyes

I was traveling last week, and I’m traveling again this week, so the posting is fairly sparse around here at least until after the weekend.

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I was traveling last week, and I'm traveling again this week, so the posting is fairly sparse around here at least until after the weekend.

In the meantime, enjoy this awesome video. It was shot at Tswalu Kalahari Game Reserve. The camera was left on the ground to record lion movements. A curious lioness found the camera and I'm sure you can guess what comes next.


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(h/t Casey Rentz)

Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication.

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