Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who are You and Game of Thorns I are my favorites, envy you for seeing all this majestic life! Jay On 4/20/2014 7:28 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > At last..the end is near! (-: > > To start, two newborn Grant's gazelles - one a day or two old, another a > minute or two old. Newborns stay absolutely still, and emit no smell to > evade predators. As Big Cats see in B&W, movement and smell are essential > for them to notice prey. In a previous occasion in the Mara, I have noticed > a Cheetah pass within 15 feet of a newborn Tommy and not notice it: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4822.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5910.jpg.html > > The rest is all about the King of the Jungle! Here is a cub intent on > playing Hide and Seek with our vehicle: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4744.jpg.html > > I have found that touch is a very important sensory input in the > mother-child bonding in lion prides, even after the cubs are reasonably > grown, but it takes many forms: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4727.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4723.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5890.jpg.html > > Lion cubs are entertaining characters - here one engages in a Game of > Thorns (-: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4588.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4607.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4629.jpg.html > > Finally, a lioness enthusiastically tucks into a midday meal of reedbuck: > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5928.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5976.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6007.jpg.html > > Please see LARGE > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome! > > Cheers > Jayanand