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 p.2 #10 · p.2 #10 · Four days with a cheetah family (added more to page 3) | |
Thanks everyone! The immensely photogenic cheetah family makes it easy to take nice shots. There were many many hours where we just sat there while nothing was happening, such as the times when the cheetahs were snoozing. But we didn't want to leave for fear of losing them. It was awesome just being with them. But then when the cubs started to play, or the mother interacted with them, or she started to hunt while the cubs hung back to watch her.... being able to see the interactions between them was a privilege I will never forget!!! Photos can only attempt to capture them.
One thing I found striking was what happened after the mother caught the impala. Before finishing it off, she let each of the cubs have a turn at trying to suffocate it. But then once it was over, she moved off a bit to lay down beside a bush to rest and watch over her cubs from short distance away while she let them eat first. Only after the cubs had fed for a bit did she join them and eat herself. The whole thing was just amazing.
Cheers,
Hobbes
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I been to Masai mara 4 times and this terrain is not familiar to me. Which conservancy is this, where did you stay and which moth you were in Kenya?