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This photo is from Big Cats Pictures
Lion, Botswana
Photograph by Beverly Joubert
An adult male lion walks through grasslands in Botswana's Okavango Delta. Biologists think males evolved their impressive manes in part to provide neck protection during fights, among other reasons.
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