Fox News: Gren Sowerby from England got the “shock of his life” while photographing a lion in Kenya while on a safari. But instead of attacking Sowerby, the lion appeared to smile at the startled photographer.
Sowerby, 69, said he was on a safari in Maasai Mara, Kenya in September and leaned in to take the photo of the apex predator when it let out a massive roar, reports South West News Service, a British news agency.
“I lent [sic] in to take a photo when he let out a huge roar — I got the shock of my life,” Sowerby said in comments obtained by SWNS. “He roared to say: ‘I’m the King of the Jungle’ and then I couldn’t believe it when he smiled at me like when someone winks at you to say like: ‘Haha!'”
Sowerby added that he “was probably 10 to 15 meters (32 to 50 feet) away” from the lion, who was with a lioness and was crossing a stream. “They had a kill in the bushes and I think he let out a roar probably to say that he was full!”