Jürgen Ross's Image

Fast, tall and with a kick that could shatter a lion's skull, adult giraffes usually have little to fear from predators.

But in South Africa's Kruger National Park, one pride of lions has developed a shrewd hunting strategy. Jürgen explains: 'They pick out a giraffe and chase it towards a tarmac road. The giraffe struggles to run on the smooth surface, stumbles and falls.' It's a high-reward technique - a single giraffe feeds the lions for several days, as this one did. Here, a feeding lioness is framed by the carcass, through which she also keeps watch on the photographer.