[Leica] The Big Fight

[philippe.amard at sfr.fr (philippe.amard)]

Superb series of magnificent animals.
The sound must have be terrific too I presume.

Well done Jayanand :-)

Thanks for sharing the natural forces in action.
Philippe




Le 3 nov. 11 ? 05:34, Jayanand Govindaraj a ?crit :

> Samburu is one of the last holdouts of the endangered Grevy's Zebra,  
> the
> biggest and heaviest of the zebra sub species. We were lucky to  
> witness a
> fight for dominance between two males that went on for some time -  
> these
> involve a lot of action and posturing, but for little or no damage.  
> All the
> same it is quite exciting to watch! There were three in the group,  
> but a
> young one wisely kept out of it!
>
> Two males started scrapping in a grove of thorn trees:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0551Samburu.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0558Samburua.jpg.html
>
> They came out into the open and continued:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0643Samburua.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0678Samburua.jpg.html
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0704Samburua.jpg.html
>
> Finally, the victor got to show his dominant status:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Kenya2011/20110924_0723Samburua.jpg.html
>
>
> Comments and criticism as always, welcome
>
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
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