Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/04/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jay, Thanks for looking Cheers Jayanand On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:09 AM, Jay Burleson <leica at jayburleson.com>wrote: > 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 >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >