{"id":358,"date":"2025-06-15T16:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=358"},"modified":"2025-06-15T16:58:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-15T16:58:35","slug":"watch-three-male-lions-cross-river-one-slips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/?p=358","title":{"rendered":"Watch Three Male Lions Cross River (One Slips)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Like many cat species, lions seem to have an aversion to water, almost as if it is beneath their dignity. Forced to cross a river, one of these regal, big cats narrowly avoids an embarrassing moment.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEh1ioyxxvaKTO13D8T2eHc5E-S_A7JifvWumNE1fiHDmKd2fXONXqIqG49tF34ZZlHoLXZC-uCosoRqLdXGlM4MEqd_t0IovNYyu24zGqMUbTXlO-yekhSQmT5RCqiYzAINNU7kEQDaenynF7GuM_yRV_RpJENsG55uzbxpgysgx8OMMjD6ahga0Lyw1yk\/s1600\/Watch%20Three%20Male%20Lions%20Cross%20River%20%28One%20Slips%29.png\" width=\"1536\" height=\"1024\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This video was captured from the banks of the fast-flowing Mlambane River, along the S114 near Berg-en-Dal in the Kruger National Park.<\/p>\n<p>Reluctant Leader<\/p>\n<p>Three male lions, busy patrolling their territory, were forced to cross the swiftly flowing river.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"868\" height=\"489\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/K1J-x1Bkl-I\" title=\"3 Huge Male Lions Cross River (1 slips) - Latest Wildlife Sightings\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, it had to be done. The first lion set off across the submerged causeway at a brisk pace. As he progressed, the current was quite strong, judging by the way his paws veered to the side.<\/p>\n<p>Not So Keen<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, on the far bank, his companion hesitated to get his feet wet. At that point, a third lion came into view. As the first lion reached the near bank, it was time for his buddies to begin their crossing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Like many cat species, lions seem to have an aversion to water, almost as if it is beneath their dignity. Forced to cross a river, one of these regal, big &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=358"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":359,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358\/revisions\/359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/live105media.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}