A lion cub rests near its mother, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.
We saw a lot of lions in Serengeti National park. This cub was in Northern Serengeti. Speaking of Serengeti, it’s a very big park. It’s larger than Yellowstone National Park. In fact, I looked up the acreage of both parks before the trip and saw that if I added two Yosemite National Parks to Yellowstone I’d get one Serengeti National Park.
This cub was with several other cubs and their mothers near a small creek. It has a few flies on it which look like tsetse flies to me. Two are on the lower lid of its left eye. When tsetse flies bite, you know it. Unlike a mosquito, a tsetse fly’s mouth has tiny serrations that saw their way to your blood. They also have hard bodies. Most of the ones I smacked just flew away.
