C-Boy

C-Boy (d. June 2018, age ~14) was a lion in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania.[1][2] He is known for having survived an attack from a pack of three male lions, nicknamed "The Killers", in August 2009.[3] Photographer Nick Nichols took pictures of him during visits to the Serengeti between 2011 and 2013.[4][5]

References
  1. Quammen, David (August 24, 2018). "Remembering an African Lion That Defied Death: C-boy, an iconic African lion, lived a longer-than-average life for his kind, and was admired for his tenacity and fierce spirit". National Geographic.
  2. Quammen, David (August 2013). "The Short Happy Life of a Serengeti Lion: Death is always near, and teamwork is essential on the Serengeti—even for a magnificent, dark-maned male known as C-Boy". National Geographic.
  3. Tucker, Abigail (January 2010). "The Truth About Lions: The world's foremost lion expert reveals the brutal, secret world of the king of beasts". Smithsonian Magazine.
  4. Taylor, Alan (August 8, 2013). "Intimate National Geographic Portraits of the Serengeti Lion". The Atlantic.
  5. Rosenberg, David (October 4, 2013). "Up Close With the Lions of the Serengeti". Slate.


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