The Horror

If you watched Top Gear this week you would have seen the Australian presenters being put to a test of nerves by driving slow, disreputable little cars made of plastic and wishful thinking, through an African Lion Safari. I know how they feel.

Here, I have managed to catch on film the moment I have foolishly slowed enough for the beast to clamber onto the back of the ute and start to make its fearsome approach.

The second shot is of the brute mercilessly changing position to look at me with the “hunting eye”. This is where they get a sighting on you by using the other eye to engage both halves of its predator brain. It can also serve to confuse the prey with the sudden shift of position.

The images are testimony to the quality of 'image-stablizer' technology in modern cameras. They are remarkably clear considering how much I was shaking.

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