[Leica] Last of the Duma

[jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)]

Herbert,
Thanks. They are the easiest photographed because they are active during
the day, when Lions and Hyenas are supine - otherwise they are apt to get
their hard earned meals stolen. That is why Cheetahs do not scavenge, and
they never come back to a kill they have made - both are too dangerous -
they eat all they want and kill afresh again when necessary.
Cheers
Jayanand


On Sat, Apr 6, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote:

> Your entire cheetah series is just wonderful. The cheetah is my favorite
> wildcat.
>
> Herbert Kanner
> kanner at acm.org
> 650-326-8204
>
> Question authority and the authorities will question you.
>
>
>
>
> On Apr 4, 2013, at 4:47 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
>
> > Last photographs of the Duma (Cheetah in Swahili) - a couple have small
> > little stories attached to them:
> >
> > This cub, very unwisely, decided to chase an adult warthog, but the
> tables
> > were turned in an instant, and he just about made it, with seconds to
> > spare, to the security of the tree and escaped a mauling. The shock was
> > still visible on his face! We were too far away to photograph the chase,
> > but we arrived as the cub reached the succor of the tree:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130305_06483-Edit.jpg.html
> >
> > These two cubs were actually eying a severely hamstrung, unmoving full
> > grown wildebeest about 50 yards away (unfortunately, I was not carrying a
> > wide angle lens with me on that day). The cubs were too small to help the
> > mother, who in turn was incapable of killing the large prey by herself.
> In
> > time, they just moved away. We saw the dead carcass untouched by a
> predator
> > the next day:
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130306_06946-Edit.jpg.html
> >
> > Play:
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130308_08479.jpg.html
> >
> > To me, this is Africa - rolling grasslands with animals in warm light
> > accentuated by crisp, clean air after a torrential downpour!
> >
> >
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2013/Ndutu_20130308_08479.jpg.html
> >
> > Please see LARGE
> >
> > Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
> >
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