«Breaking News» I’ll eat it roar: Lioness feasts on a crocodile after gripping its head between her powerful jaws

These hair-raising photos show the moment a fierce lioness kills and devours a crocodile by gripping its head in her jaws.

The big cat can be seen gripping onto its 5ft prey with its teeth before tucking into the reptile.

The photographer was able to document the ferocity of animals living in their natural habitat in the Sabi Game Reserve, west of the Kruger National Park in South Africa. 

Mike Sutherland captured the shots when he was leading guests and spotted a set of lion tracks.

Queen of the jungle: A lioness kills a five-foot-long crocodile by gripping its head in her jaws in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve

Lunch time: The lioness devoured the crocodile after gripping the 5ft-long animal's head in her jaws

The fierce lioness tugs at the crocodiles skin with her teeth as she prepares to eat the animal in the Sabi Game Reserve, west of the Kruger National Park

The 31-year-old said: 'As is custom in South African private reserves, guides are able to go on foot to track animals down, before going off road with our vehicles.

'We set out on foot, myself and my tracker to look for the lions. After about half an hour we heard what we thought may be a lion fight, in a small gully below a waterhole.'

Mr Sutherland said the group knew the lions were there and that they quickly ran back to the vehicle and drove towards the space where they believed them to be.

'Once we found the lions, we could clearly see that they had just killed the crocodile, moments before we arrived, and the lioness had the crocodile by the throat trying to stop its breathing.

'The rest of the pride was clawing at its hard scales, some biting on its tail and others walking around, almost confused with this strange animal they had now caught.'

The photographs were taken in the Sabi Sands Game Reserve, west of the Kruger National Park in South Africa

The lioness concentrates on the task at hand as she locks her teeth around the crocodile in the Sabi Game Reserve

Mike believed the crocodile was roughly 5 feet in length and might have weighed 220lbs [15st 7lbs] where as the lioness was an adult female, weighing around 330lbs [23st 5lbs].

He said: 'The crocodiles head is much bigger than the lioness's head, and it is difficult to see their full size comparison.

'The lion was a part of a pride with four adult females with nine sub-adult cubs.

'The lionesses, at the time of the photograph was around five years old and her cubs ranged between 10-18 months.' 

WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT LIONS?

Modern lions, part of the cat family, first appeared in south and east Africa, before evolving into two groups.  

One now lives in eastern and southern Africa, while the other includes lions in west Africa and India.

Like many other animals, male lions are much larger and heavier than females, with the average weight for a male around 416 lbs (189 kg), while for a female it's 277 lbs (126 kg)

The heaviest male lion recorded was spotted in Kenya and was 600 lbs (272 kg). 

Much smaller in comparison, the heaviest female, found in South Africa, was 335 lbs (152 kg).

That is heavier than the weight of more than 50 female domestic cats put together.

Lions have three types of teeth: Incisors, used for gripping and tearing meat; Canines used to rip skin and tear away meat; Carnassial teeth act like a pair of scissors to cut meat.

Single lion looking regal standing proudly on a small hill

Lions can open their jaws to up to 11 inches (28 cm) wide, giving them one of the animal kingdom’s biggest bites.

A lion’s paws are similar to a pet cat’s, with five toes on the front paws and four on the back.  

Lions have retractable claws, which can grow up to 1.5 inches (38 mm) in length. A fifth toe on the front paw has what is called a deathclaw, which acts like a thumb for holding down prey when eating.

Lion cubs are born with a greyish woolly coat, with dark spots covering most of the back, legs and face which act as camouflage.

At around 12 to 14 months old, male cubs begin to grow longer hair around their chests and necks. 

This is the beginning of their mane, which will not have grown properly until they reach the age of two. 

Lion cubs are born blind and don’t begin to open their eyes until around three to four days old. 

Their eyes are a blue-grey colour at first and begin to change to an orangey brown by the age of two to three months. 

Lions have scent glands around their chin, lips, cheeks, whiskers, tail and in-between their toes. 

These glands produce an oily substance to keep their fur healthy and waterproof. 

If you ever see a picture of a lion curling up its top lip and pulling a funny face, the chances are it’s using something called its

This is a small area in the roof of the mouth that allows a lion to ‘taste’ smells in the air. 

By showing their teeth and sticking out their tongues, lions are able to catch hold of a smell to work out if it’s coming from something worth eating.

Lions also have good sense of hearing, and can turn their ears in different directions to listen to sounds all around them.They are able to hear their prey from a mile (1.6 km) way.

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