Africa vignette #10

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This lion had seemed content to just sit and pant for a long time, but later on when we are near a pool or stream (it's hard to tell which) we seem him approaching to get a drink. There are a couple of cranes (and another bird, I forget what) near the water, but as the lion starts to make his leisurely way across the field toward them, they move off, casually and without haste, to hang out a moderate distance away.