Adorable baby Barbary lion (Panthera leo leo, Lev berbersky) Mark or Éta is playing with a tail of his/her incredible patient and gentle father Šimon

ZOO Olomouc, Czech republic

This photo is a birthday gift for amazing animal photogtapher

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Happy birthday, pal
Here I feature some of his great photos of his beloved lions
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INFO ABOUT THE ANIMAL:Name: Barbary Lion (Panthera leo leo)
Location: FORMERLY North Africa from Morocco to Egypt, now only ZOOs
Size: 280 cm long body + 90 cm tail (male)
weight: 295 kg (male)
Diet: carnivora
Conservation status: Exctinct in the wild
Interesting facts: Barbery lion is exctinc species, or at least exctinct in the wild
| the only Barbary lions live in ZOOs – they are descendats of the Barbaby lions from Marocan menagerie. Unfortunately, they are all crossed with other lion subspecies, so there are no pure blooded Barbary lions.
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if you want to use my work, ask me first to gain my permission, please! Thank you 
*doesnt wait for an answer and starts playing*
Lion dad: umm...??