Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/04/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]All are wonderful, especially the Right Hook and the Painful Bite, and the family portrait at the end. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.nathanfoto.com PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Apr 7, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > Just got back from Ranthambhore after a week of very enjoyable wildlife > watching at Ranthambhore National Park. > > The last series of Big Cat photographs from my recent safari to Northern > Tanzania depicts Simba Cubs in uninhibited play. As I mentioned, with > plentiful food (look at the bellies of the cubs in all the photographs > below), a lot of time was available for play - in fact in one instance they > used an uneaten wildebeest calf carcass as an impromptu football, and did > not show the slightest inclination to eat it, having polished off its > mother earlier. The play is deadly serious stuff - it provides practice for > and thus hones all the skills that the cubs would need for survival in > adulthood. It also determines their pecking order within the pride, and for > any male partnerships that might form later. > > Tag: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120306_07586.jpg.html > > Boxing: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120306_07599.jpg.html > > Wrestling: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120306_07601.jpg.html > > Neck Lock: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120307_08345.jpg.html > > Right Hook: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120306_07772.jpg.html > > Painful Bite: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120307_08412.jpg.html > > Football: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120306_07807.jpg.html > > The Four Musketeers: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Tanzania+2012/Tanzania_20120307_08426.jpg.html > > Please see large. > > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome > > Cheers > Jayanand > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >