A 1925 photograph that might show the last wild Barbary lion before its extinction. It was taken by the French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was aboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route [1200×900]
A 1925 photograph that might show the last wild Barbary lion before its extinction. It was taken by the French photographer Marcelin Flandrin while he was aboard a flight on the Casablanca-Dakar air route [1200×900]
“I go to sunshine humans. You won. The earth is yours.”
pandulfi on
“Where the bitches at?”
Dead, lion. They’re dead.
DGASAP on
This is what us Humans are doing to wildlife. Such a majestic proud animal.
wont2906 on
Unfortunately, the photo is suspected to be fake. What probably gives it away is the lion’s pose; it’s too “cinematic.” It’s suspected that it could be a lion toy, and by playing with the angles and lighting, it gives the impression that it’s between two gorges.
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so depressing, and hauntingly beautiful
This picture always haunts me.
“I go to sunshine humans. You won. The earth is yours.”
“Where the bitches at?”
Dead, lion. They’re dead.
This is what us Humans are doing to wildlife. Such a majestic proud animal.
Unfortunately, the photo is suspected to be fake. What probably gives it away is the lion’s pose; it’s too “cinematic.” It’s suspected that it could be a lion toy, and by playing with the angles and lighting, it gives the impression that it’s between two gorges.