Weekly Animal News: Lioness Gets Jealous and Fights “Husband”

The lioness’s fit of jealousy fighting her “husband,” a pair of horses playing with a cat… these are the most beautiful animal images of the week

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The impressive photo of the week captured by photographer Leon Botha depicts a scene where a lioness, consumed by jealousy, attacks her mate upon witnessing him “pairing up” with another lioness in the Kgalagadi National Park in Botswana.
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The giant whale shark opens its wide mouth to capture small fish off the coast of Mafia Island, Tanzania.
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A venomous snake becomes a tasty meal for a mongoose in Etosha National Park, Namibia.
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A mother elephant tries to use her trunk to rescue her calf trapped in a waterhole in Addo National Park, South Africa.
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A ground squirrel bites into a seed in Port Credit, Ontario, Canada.
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Horses playfully interact with a cat in Beirut, Lebanon.
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A grey seal basks in the sun on a rock off the coast of Sweden.
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Photographer Lindsay Crossley captures the scene of a kingfisher capturing a live frog in Bacup, Lancashire, England.
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Snow leopards hunting in the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland.
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A giant manta ray swimming past visitors at Sunshine Aquarium in Tokyo, Japan.
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A pair of elephants playfully interacting with each other in Amboseli National Park, Kenya.
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A mother woodpecker caring for her sleeping chick on their nest in Alberta, Canada.