The largest lioness took a step into the river toward me while I remained chest-deep in the water, clutching her cub against my body.
The lioness kept her head down for several seconds, and I remained motionless, with the water hitting my ribs and the cub digging its paws into my neck. I didn’t understand what I was seeing, but I did understand one thing: if I made the wrong move, I wasn’t going to get a second chance….
