Messy lion gets his paws and face dirty digging up warthog

A, lion determined to have, warthog for dinner spent seven hours clawing his way through mud to uncover its prey which had been hiding in its burrow. Incredible pictures show the male African lion, caked in mud, pawing away at the ground to try and dig out the concealed 165lb warthog. After the impressive effort, the warthog attempted to flee from its burrow but the lion, determined not to let its hard work go to waste, grabbed hold of the animal by the neck and killed it before devouring it in five minutes.