Stay Away From The Young Lioness And Her Elephant Prey
At first glance, this might seem like a young lioness hugging an elephant. But if you look closer, you’ll notice the elephant is at a strange angle and is on its side. That’s because the elephant is dead and the lion killed it. It was taken by Roie Galitz, who titled it “Last Embrace” She said, “One of the things I like about the image, besides the composition and lighting, is the viewer’s experience with the image, which is a bipolar one. I like to watch people’s reactions to this, when they first respond with “awww, they are hugging” and after a few seconds they realize that something else is going on.” To capture the shot, Galitz had to position herself near a hungry lion which poses danger. Luckily, the lion chose the elephant as its prey instead of her (Vice).