Two lions brought rush-hour traffic to a standstill in Nairobi, Kenya when they decided to have a lie down in the middle the street.

It was during the morning commute on the the edge of the Nairobi National Park that two young males appeared on the side of the road and strolled out in front of cars and trucks for a roll-around.

The African lions' antics caused tail backs as they found the busy road the perfect place to rub themselves in buffalo faeces,


Amateur South African snapper Gareth Jones was one of the drivers stuck in the traffic jam last month and decided to get out and photograph the unique scene at 6.40am.

Gareth, originally from South Africa but now living in Kenya, said: ‘I had only driven about 500 metres when the shapes of two big male lions could be seen in the road.

‘They went into a ridiculous pose, with their rear ends up in the air and their faces down over some buffalo dung. They were trying to mask their smell so they could hunt undetected.

‘They both looked like they were enjoying themselves and it was an incredible start to the day.’

http://demipost.com/playful-lions-bring-cars-to-a-standstill-in-nairobi-kenya/

awesome! i guess its a game reserve not normal city traffic

Akshow: awesome! i guess its a game reserve not normal city traffic

definitely a game reserve

.see me see troble o una see the man snaping picture with mobile phone?he want make the lion sharia him hand anyway nice park picture

These animals no dey fear anymore.

Beautiful lions tho. I'd have gotten out of my car to play with them.

Brave photographer

o boy, i go 'pick a race' and run

hmm, thought it was only in a movie this kind of thing does happen?

na photoshop jor

This is why I love Kenya

If na all this nigeria witchcraft lion!! U for hear say person die!!

Ileke-IdI:
These animals no dey fear anymore.

Beautiful lions tho. I'd have gotten out of my car to play with them.

Hmmm...The way dem go take chop dat your "IdI" wey u wear "Ileke" for ehn....

Omo me no fit wait snap dis I go pick race ooooo.well its stil lovely anyways

@Post

The lions are cute. They are so busy enjoying themselves.

On a side note, what are all those caucasians/oyibos doing there? Don't they have jobs to go to? Oh I forgot....their economies are still in a deep recession and many of them are now unemployed so they have chosen to watch lions rubbing themselves in buffalo dung/feces in far away Africa.

This is awesome! In my area common dog that i hit with my bike, d dog came 2 fight me and i beat d dog 2 death! And took it along wt me for pepper soup

This is beautifull!! I've seen stuff like this in canada where bears and other animals block the road and you dare not kill them cause it's a federal offence. It just shows the beauty of conservation, no be nigeria wey dem don chop all finish!!

Just fun!

But that Lion BIG small oo!

Symphony007: This is beautifull!! I've seen stuff like this in canada where bears and other animals block the road and you dare not kill them cause it's a federal offence. It just shows the beauty of conservation, no be nigeria wey dem don chop all finish!!

Lmaooooooo na lion peppersouping for the whole village

go drink garri

Go and give those lions a handshake, let's see if you wld live to tell the story on nairaland.

They seem to be enjoying it o,no mind them.

dasparrow: @Post

The lions are cute. They are so busy enjoying themselves.

On a side note, what are all those caucasians/oyibos doing there? Don't they have jobs to go to? Oh I forgot....their economies are still in a deep recession and many of them are now unemployed so they have chosen to watch lions rubbing themselves in buffalo dung/feces in far away Africa.

I hav a lion f sale interested person shld applied.

omo I no dey play with wild animal ooo

So enjoyable to see the pictures.