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Subject: [Leica] Final Set From Ndutu
From: leica at jayburleson.com (Jay Burleson)
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 22:39:03 -0700
References: <CAH1UNJ1Dmsn1KuieXAv6qCKoybgU-LQfUzm_xtG9Xdf_BcconQ@mail.gmail.com>

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


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