This lion cub was clearly in a playful mood when she decided to jump on her mother's back.
The fun-loving youngster, about two months old, jumped on her mum and playfully sunk her teeth into her.
Fun-loving: This lion club was clearly in a playful mood when she decided to jump on her mother's back
Agony: The cub, about two months old, jumped on
her mum and playfully sunk her teeth into her, which looks like it
caused the adult some pain
But one of her cub's nips was clearly a bit too hard and, as these pictures show, the mother appears to roar out in pain.
Amateur wildlife and landscape photographer Mark Dumbleton took the adorable images in the Maasai Mara National Reserve in Kenya.
He has made a number of visits to parts of the wilderness in Africa to photograph wildlife and landscape.
Stunning: Amateur wildlife and landscape
photographer Mark Dumbleton took the adorable images in the Maasai Mara
National Reserve in Kenya
Playful: He has made a number of visits to parts
of the wilderness in Africa to photograph wildlife and landscape. This
image shows the lion cub fooling around with its mother
'It's always amazing watching lions interact with each other and this was one of those special moments of a mother's interaction with her cub.
'It wasn't too difficult to photograph as the Masai Mara plains are basically just short grass.
'But you need to try and predict movement and interactions and be ready when the action does happen.
'The adult lion didn't do anything more than play along and only eventually did she show slight signs of needing to discipline her young cub.'
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