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]]>Fortunately, Vorster had another camera on hand and captured the entire incident. Once the camera dropped, the local lioness growled and approached the photographer’s group. They retreated to their vehicle and watched what happened next.
“The camera fell with the lens looking up,” Voster said, “she gently flipped the camera on its side and picked it up by the barrel of the lens.” The lioness then brought it for her cubs to play with. “They dragged it through the dirt, chewed on the lens hood and then, fortunately, like most kids, soon grew tired with their new toy.”
Ultimately, the wildlife artist was able to get her discarded camera. It was functioning but the pride left their marks on it. “It was in perfect working order – just very dirty. I now have two huge teeth marks on the focus rings of the lens and small teeth marks on the plastic lens hood.”
. I was taking photos on my Canon 7DMKII with a 100-400 lens. Then decided I also want some video footage – put my iPhone X on a small gorilla tripod and continue to take photos whilst the video was being made. Out of the corner of my eye I saw the IPhone becoming unstable. I put the camera on my lap to remove my phone. The camera fell on the ground. Normally this would not even make the lions to look up but there were small cubs and the lioness reacted immediately. We had to reverse, leaving the camera there. She gently picked it up, carried it for some while and the dropped it for the cubs to play with. We could later retrieve the camera. It was in perfect working order – just very dirty. I now have two huge teeth marks on the focus rings of the lens and small teeth marks on the plastic lens hood. The video was shot by Janet Kleyn from Photo Mashatu while I continue to take photos on my Canon 5DMKIV. #lion #lions #lionstakingselfies #especiallyafrica #africanamazing #mashatu #mashatugamereserve #bigfive #natgeowildlife #instanature #instagood #photo_mashatu #instavideo #natgeo #natgeowild #wildlifephotography #wildlifeplanet #canon #canonphotography #iphonex #iphonexvideo #botswanatourism #c4photosafaris
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