Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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