【溫馨瞬間】獅子父子初見面

Lions are known as some of the most ferocious animals on the planet, so a tender moment between a father and his cub captured on camera in the wilds of Africa is generating a lot of buzz.

獅子一直被認(rèn)為是世界上最兇猛的動物之一，而這張在非洲無人區(qū)撲捉到的雄獅和小獅子在一起溫馨畫面著實引發(fā)了人們的關(guān)注。

"The lion photos have hit it quite big because it's the cub meeting his dad for the first time ever," said the wildlife photographer who captured the meeting, Suzi Eszterhas. "It's a major part of a lion's life growing up."

“這張照片之所以會引起如此大的關(guān)注是因為這是小獅子有生以來第一次見到獅子爸爸，而這也是獅子成長過程中最重要的一部分。”拍到這張照片的野生動物攝影師Suzi Eszterhas說。

This particular cub met his dad for the first time after seven weeks with his mom.

這頭小獅子在跟隨獅子媽媽7個星期后第一次見到獅子爸爸。

"When lion cubs are babies, the mom keeps them in a den for the first six to eight weeks of life, and it's during this time that she keeps them very hidden," Eszterhas told Goodmorningamerica.com. "After, she will bring them out and introduce them to the pride. It's at that point they meet dad for the first time."

“當(dāng)幼獅還未成年時，雌獅通常將它們安置在獸穴中并讓它們在那里度過一生中的最初的6到8個星期，期間雌獅會將它們藏匿地十分隱蔽，之后，雌獅會將帶小獅子出去并將它們介紹給驕傲的獅子爸爸。這就是它們第一次與獅子爸爸相見的時刻。” Suzi Eszterhas告訴Goodmorningamerica.com的記者。

Eszterhas was able to capture such a rare moment by embedding herself with the pride of lions on the Masai Mara National Reserve in Kenya for three months while she was living in Africa for three years. This particular series of photos was captured in 2008 or 2009, she said.

Eszterhas在非洲生活3年并深入到肯尼亞馬賽馬拉國家野生動物保護區(qū)的獅群中生活長達(dá)3個月時間，這才使得她有機會捕捉到如此珍貴的畫面。她說這組照片是在2008年或者2009年拍攝的。

"That was literally the moment the cub first saw his dad ever," Eszterhas said. "He kind of walked up shyly and then the dad immediately tried to play with him and the mom is watching the whole time to make sure the dad behaves. The whole moment is really special."

Eszterhas 說“那是父子第一次相見，小獅子很害羞地走上前，然后獅子爸爸馬上試圖和小獅子一起玩耍，整個過程，獅子媽媽都在旁邊注視著，她這樣做是為了確保這位獅子爸爸在此期間表現(xiàn)良好。整個過程真的是非常非常珍貴。”

The California-based photographer spends nine months of the year in the field, documenting wildlife around the world.

這位來自加利福尼亞的攝影師一整年中有9個月時間都在野外記錄著這個世界上的野生動物。

"I spent a lot of hours just sitting with these animals watching them from sunrise to sunset," said Eszterhas, who traveled alone around the reserve in a Jeep taking photos. "Very quickly you just become a part of the landscape and they don't notice you at all. You're always safe but you're quite close to them and they get quite used to you."

Eszterhas每天獨自開著吉普車在保護區(qū)一邊行進一邊拍攝照片，她說“我每天從日出到日落會花上好幾個小時時間坐在那里觀察這些動物，很快你就會和大自然融為一體，它們根本就不會注意到你。一般情況下，你都是安全的，除非你十分靠近它們時。

The lion photographs have been published in "Lion," the latest edition of her six-title series of children's books, titled " Eye on the Wild," which documents an animal's life from infancy to adulthood in photographs.

這組照片被刊登在她的兒童讀物《關(guān)注野生動物》的最新系列《獅子》中，《關(guān)注野生動物》以照片的形式記錄了野生動物從幼年到成年的一生。

Other editions have focused on bears, gorillas and cheetahs.

其他系列分別記錄了黑熊，大猩猩和獵豹等動物。