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Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

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Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

26-year-old Nicolai Frederik Bonnén Rossen is a freelance photographer and strategic adviser/publicist. Born and raised in Copenhagen, Denmark, Rossen is passionate about travel, writing and photography.
Last year Rossen traveled to Botswana on assignment for Børsen, a well-known financial daily in Denmark. The story produced the series of unforgettable images seen below and would nearly cost Rossen his right hand.
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

They truly have a death wish.
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

must be the friendliest wild lions in the world
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

Awww
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

Risky but what great photos he got
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

Totally Risky! But I think I would do the same thing.
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

Awesome
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

Amazing photos...but misleading. I had to really search, but the lions were raised from birth by humans. They were not 'wild'.
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Re: Close Encounter with Lions in Botswana

See : man eaten by lions.


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