The lion sleeps tonight(or not)

Day four we headed back to the south to where William thought the southern pride of lions was headed when last someone had spurred them. We took a long meandering route to get there(about 90 minutes) while the radio chatter went on and on about the"flat cats" lying in the tall grass barely visible.
When we finally arrived there weren't even any vehicles left looking for them. Luckily I spotted a wee bit of movement (an ear flick or something) in the grass. William pulled over (technically illegally off of the road) and w found a young male lion sleeping in the tall grass. then we saw a female there with him. He tossed a bit for some photos and then he heard something off in the grass. He popped up. She popped up. Another female popped up. And then two more pairs of ears showed themselves.
The male and the first two females headed off to the left so we followed. We lost track of the male. The first female proceeded to crouch down at a line of grass just to the right off an opening. The second female hung back and sat to wait.
I'll have to get somebody's video of this but while the first female Sat intently watching the grass and listening barely moving a muscle suddenly a small warthog appeared at the opening in the grass and stopped cold (you can just see her head above the more leafy shrub to the left of the lioness in this picture )
The lioness didn't move but clearly the warthog sensed something was amiss. For all I know we gave it away as the warthog thought "hmmm, why is that game vehicle full of people stopped right there starting back at this very spot where there is seemingly nothing going on...or wait, is something going on?"
Coz then the warthog disappeared. The lioness crouched lower. When the warthog reappeared she had a half of a dozen of her closest friends or family with her and the all scattered as the male lion came running through the grass from the right.
The female never did move. And the lions missed a chance at a small snack. But you'll see in one of the next photos of the second female sitting and waiting that these lions were write fat so I don't think their hearts or stomachs were really in this hunt.