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One of our most

picturesque was a lovely
sand beach with the ever-

sleeping Norman spread
out comfortably, not too

far away from us. He was
sleeping as usual but his
belly was full so we knew

he had been active
sometime while out of our

sight.

The glowing sky with its oranges, salmons, purples, blues, and pinks did
not stir him at all, nor did the smells of our finger foods or even us

humans. Norman seems best at sleeping!
We learned that the rangers and guides are concerned for this
somnolent male lion because he has no pride nor was he ever accepted

into one.

At present, he is able to care for himself and doesn't seem to miss the
company of his kind, but he would be in danger if other males came

into the territory and wanted to rout him out of it.

Zambia's terrain is quite varied. Some of what we saw was forested and
the right habitat for the antelope species we observed. Some was
savannah land with plentiful watery swamps lands, but occasionally we

came upon ruined landscapes with nothing living except a rare weed
along the roadway.

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