The Many Faces of Izu at Lion Camp, Wild Animal Park

All the 9 pictures below were taken from last weekend, in just a matter of few minutes. I may have featured the lions at Lion Camp in Wild Animal Park several times in this blog, however, let me share again these new set of pictures. This time, I won't put caption to the pictures. I arranged the pictures in order they were taken.

At Lion Camp, you can be nose to nose with a lion, literally, and still feel very safe. The lions can stare right at you with such intensity, even growl at you, yet, you will not run for your life. :) To come nose to nose with lions, there is a viewing area with very thick glass that separates man and lion, and both are in open space. However, for photography, I prefer to shoot the lions without glass. There is a second area to view the lions without glass, but this time, you can not be nose to nose with the lions, which is okay with me. What separates man and lion this time is the cliff between them. The lions can not jump off the cliff to the other side without falling off the cliff and they are smart enough not to do that either. However, in any case, so that the lions can't jump off the cliff, there is a hidden wire that prevents them from jumping off the cliff accidentally. The pictures above were from this open, grassy plain. To see how the lions roam around in their roomy camp, you check my previous post here. 

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