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Subject: [Leica] Final Set From Ndutu
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2014 11:05:22 +0530
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Nathan
Thanks for looking
Cheers
Jayanand


On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at 
frozenlight.eu>wrote:

> The Hug is just wonderful, and the cubs at the end, and...and...
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
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> YNWA
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> On Apr 20, 2014, at 4:28 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote:
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> > 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:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4822.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5910.jpg.html
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> > 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:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4727.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4723.jpg.html
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> 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 (-:
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4588.jpg.html
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> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4607.jpg.html
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> 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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In reply to: Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] Final Set From Ndutu)
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