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Do note that this image was taken yesterday (02/16/2025) at the Jacksonville Zoo & Gardens in Jacksonville, Florida, USA.

Do note that this image was taken on October 18th, 2023, at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Do note that this image was taken on October 18th, 2023, at ZooTampa at Lowry Park, in Tampa, Florida, USA.

Do note that this image was taken on September 2nd, 2023, at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium, in Powell, Ohio, USA.

Ceiba occasionally rubs her head against objects in her enclosure like this to scent mark them.

Ceiba taking a break from her nap to look up at the visitors.

Another brief moment of expression in resting felids photo I managed to capture, this time featuring the zoo's resident male lion, Ingozi. He'd be very magnificent if he didn't always have his tongue out.

I was a bit bummed that the Amur leopard cubs never came out at any point during this visit, but it was cool to see their father, Sampson.

Waiting for those little moments of expression while felids are resting is tedious but rewarding.

Reka is always twitching her ears, which is really fun to capture.

Always love when I get the opportunity to show how long the canines of felids are.

This was captured right after the zoo opened, the only time throughout the entire visit that she was active. I was very lucky to be where I was at the time.

Reka looking very fierce.

This photo kind of shows how small Ingozi is for a male. He is a little further back, but still. He doesn't seem aware of this, however.

Cabara being lazy, as lions do.

This should be the last of my back catalog photos for a while. I have a couple I need to edit that I might upload here and there but from now on pretty much everything I put out will be from this year.

I love how I was able to capture this at just the right moment so he looks like he's scowling. This shot always makes me think of Scar from The Lion King.

Ingozi being a show-off as always.

I do not have a lot of photos from here that are worth sharing, as the enclosures gave me little to work with, but I really like what I did with this one. The lines created by the bars and their shadows look really cool and compliment the stripes really well, I think.

I liked this shot because it gives a good sense of how the enclosure is and you can see how lush it is. I definitely think the lions have the best exhibit of this complex, at least from a visual standpoint.