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C-Boy by Michael Nichols, between 2011 and 2013
Wild lion (Panthera leo) Snyggve, son of C-Boy, scanning the horizon in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Wild lion (Panthera leo) Snyggve, son of C-Boy, scanning the horizon in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Wild lion (Panthera leo) Tryggve, son of C-Boy, in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
C-Boy's son Tryggve, in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

C-Boy (died 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] He later nearly succumbed to infection after the attack. A decade later, C-Boy was found dead due to unknown causes.[1] Photographer Nick Nichols took pictures of him during visits to the Serengeti between 2011 and 2013.[4][5]

C-Boy is the father of two famous lions, Snyggve and Tryggve.[6] Snyggve died in March 2023 after ruling the Namiri Plains with his brother for seven years.[7]

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