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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
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Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160e)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. No stock, merchandising, advertising or books without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160d)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160c)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160b)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160a)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. No stock, merchandising, advertising or books without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160l)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. No stock, merchandising, advertising or books without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160k)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. No stock, merchandising, advertising or books without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160j)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. No stock, merchandising, advertising or books without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160i)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. No stock, merchandising, advertising or books without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160h)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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FEATURE - Leopard auf der Jagd in der Masai Mara
MANDATORY CREDIT: George Turner/REX Shutterstock
Editorial use only. No stock, merchandising, advertising or books without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by George Turner/REX/Shutterstock (8410160g)
Leopard with Thomson's Gazelle kill
Leopards, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - Jan 2017
*Full story: https://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/t8tw
A photographer captured the circle of life on camera in all its bloody glory as he followed leopards on the hunt in the Masa Mara. George Turner spent three days tracking the elusive animals as they went about the tough business of surviving on the African plains. He comments: "Leopards are the favourite animal of all guides and it quickly became clear why. Ghost-like, they can appear from nowhere and of course, disappear just as quickly". Despite this George was able to not only photograph the shy creatures but also document some of their most intimate behaviour. "I photographed leopards from sunrise to sunset to really understand their behaviours and movements. On my final day I witnessed a young male stalk (and then kill) an adult Thomson's gazelle, which is no mean feat.
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FEATURE: Perfektion: Wilde Tiere vor Sonnenuntergang
MANDATORY CREDIT: Arturo De Frias/REX Shutterstock. Only for use in this story. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Arturo De Frias/REX Shutterstock (5011712c)
A male Thomson's Gazelle with a broken horn, just before sunrise. Taken in Masai Mara, Kenya
Capturing Animals At Sunset - 28 Aug 2015
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A photographer has captured a selection of animals in front of a sun set.
Arturo De Frias, an amateur photographer from London has had an irresistible passion for nature photography for over 15 years. Photographing animals in Africa, India, Indonesia, Antarctica and the Himalayas among other places, he says that photography makes him live a more intense lifestyle.
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Winking animals by Paul Goldstein - Dec 2012
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Paul Goldstein (2025011j)
Cheetahs chase a Thomson's gazelle fawn (Crop)
Winking animals by Paul Goldstein - Dec 2012
FULL WORDS LINK: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/jf7o
When one or two animals seemingly wink at you, it is easy to write it off as a coincidence.
But photographer and Exodus tour guide Paul Goldstein might be forgiven for thinking the animal kingdom are trying tell him something with a tally of SIX creatures giving him the wink.
They include a pally polar bear, a cheeky cheetah cub and a wise owl appearing to be passing on a conspiratorial wink.
Paul, from Wimbledon, explains: "I have seen many extraordinary moments in the wildlife world from lion kills to drinking jaguars and cheetah and polar bear hunts to tiny tiger cubs. However in the last two years I seemingly have been pursued by winking animals...
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Winking animals by Paul Goldstein - Dec 2012
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by REX/Paul Goldstein (2025011e)
Cheetahs chase a Thomson's gazelle fawn
Winking animals by Paul Goldstein - Dec 2012
FULL WORDS LINK: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/jf7o
When one or two animals seemingly wink at you, it is easy to write it off as a coincidence.
But photographer and Exodus tour guide Paul Goldstein might be forgiven for thinking the animal kingdom are trying tell him something with a tally of SIX creatures giving him the wink.
They include a pally polar bear, a cheeky cheetah cub and a wise owl appearing to be passing on a conspiratorial wink.
Paul, from Wimbledon, explains: "I have seen many extraordinary moments in the wildlife world from lion kills to drinking jaguars and cheetah and polar bear hunts to tiny tiger cubs. However in the last two years I seemingly have been pursued by winking animals...
MORE WORDS: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/jf7o
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Cheetah cubs learn survival skills, Masai Mara, Kenya - 29 Aug 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Goldstein / Rex Features (1841673c)
Cheetah cubs chase a Thomson's gazelle fawn
Survival School: Harsh Nature As Cheetah Cubs Learn To Hunt
It may be hard to watch, but these visceral images show an impressive display of the raw survival skills of the natural world.
These cheetah cubs have been given a gazelle fawn by their mother in order to help them hone their hunting skills.
Seemingly an unfair quarry, the sacrifice of the gazelle is vital to ensure an at risk species survives.
The stunning images were captured by Exodus tour guide and wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein.
He explains: "Currently there are four mums with cubs I have been working with. It is cold in the morning at this time of year so they are often difficult to find, but once they liven up they can be very entertaining subjects.
"The cubs range from eight weeks to six months. A particular highlight, although brutal, was the one mother teaching her very young charges basic hunting skills, by giving them the present of a young gazelle fawn she had just downed.
"It is often hard to watch, but cheetahs are desperately endangered, but Thomson's gazelles are not - the day we run short of those fleet-footed antelope, we really have screwed up the planet."
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph, and are easily capable of outrunning any other animal over short distances thanks to an ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.
They kill their prey by tripping it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of the throat to suffocate it. Then the cheetah proceeds to devour its catch as quickly as possible before the kill is taken by stronger predators.
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Paul Goldstein/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IMDBYBGSF (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Cheetah cubs learn survival skills, Masai Mara, Kenya - 29 Aug 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Goldstein / Rex Features (1841673e)
Cheetah cubs chase a Thomson's gazelle fawn
Survival School: Harsh Nature As Cheetah Cubs Learn To Hunt
It may be hard to watch, but these visceral images show an impressive display of the raw survival skills of the natural world.
These cheetah cubs have been given a gazelle fawn by their mother in order to help them hone their hunting skills.
Seemingly an unfair quarry, the sacrifice of the gazelle is vital to ensure an at risk species survives.
The stunning images were captured by Exodus tour guide and wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein.
He explains: "Currently there are four mums with cubs I have been working with. It is cold in the morning at this time of year so they are often difficult to find, but once they liven up they can be very entertaining subjects.
"The cubs range from eight weeks to six months. A particular highlight, although brutal, was the one mother teaching her very young charges basic hunting skills, by giving them the present of a young gazelle fawn she had just downed.
"It is often hard to watch, but cheetahs are desperately endangered, but Thomson's gazelles are not - the day we run short of those fleet-footed antelope, we really have screwed up the planet."
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph, and are easily capable of outrunning any other animal over short distances thanks to an ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.
They kill their prey by tripping it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of the throat to suffocate it. Then the cheetah proceeds to devour its catch as quickly as possible before the kill is taken by stronger predators.
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Paul Goldstein/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IMDBYBGSF (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Cheetah cubs learn survival skills, Masai Mara, Kenya - 29 Aug 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Goldstein / Rex Features (1841673d)
Cheetah cubs chase a Thomson's gazelle fawn
Survival School: Harsh Nature As Cheetah Cubs Learn To Hunt
It may be hard to watch, but these visceral images show an impressive display of the raw survival skills of the natural world.
These cheetah cubs have been given a gazelle fawn by their mother in order to help them hone their hunting skills.
Seemingly an unfair quarry, the sacrifice of the gazelle is vital to ensure an at risk species survives.
The stunning images were captured by Exodus tour guide and wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein.
He explains: "Currently there are four mums with cubs I have been working with. It is cold in the morning at this time of year so they are often difficult to find, but once they liven up they can be very entertaining subjects.
"The cubs range from eight weeks to six months. A particular highlight, although brutal, was the one mother teaching her very young charges basic hunting skills, by giving them the present of a young gazelle fawn she had just downed.
"It is often hard to watch, but cheetahs are desperately endangered, but Thomson's gazelles are not - the day we run short of those fleet-footed antelope, we really have screwed up the planet."
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph, and are easily capable of outrunning any other animal over short distances thanks to an ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.
They kill their prey by tripping it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of the throat to suffocate it. Then the cheetah proceeds to devour its catch as quickly as possible before the kill is taken by stronger predators.
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Paul Goldstein/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IMDBYBGSF (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Cheetah cubs learn survival skills, Masai Mara, Kenya - 29 Aug 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Goldstein / Rex Features (1841673b)
Cheetah cubs chase a Thomson's gazelle fawn
Survival School: Harsh Nature As Cheetah Cubs Learn To Hunt
It may be hard to watch, but these visceral images show an impressive display of the raw survival skills of the natural world.
These cheetah cubs have been given a gazelle fawn by their mother in order to help them hone their hunting skills.
Seemingly an unfair quarry, the sacrifice of the gazelle is vital to ensure an at risk species survives.
The stunning images were captured by Exodus tour guide and wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein.
He explains: "Currently there are four mums with cubs I have been working with. It is cold in the morning at this time of year so they are often difficult to find, but once they liven up they can be very entertaining subjects.
"The cubs range from eight weeks to six months. A particular highlight, although brutal, was the one mother teaching her very young charges basic hunting skills, by giving them the present of a young gazelle fawn she had just downed.
"It is often hard to watch, but cheetahs are desperately endangered, but Thomson's gazelles are not - the day we run short of those fleet-footed antelope, we really have screwed up the planet."
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph, and are easily capable of outrunning any other animal over short distances thanks to an ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.
They kill their prey by tripping it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of the throat to suffocate it. Then the cheetah proceeds to devour its catch as quickly as possible before the kill is taken by stronger predators.
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Paul Goldstein/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IMDBYBGSF (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Cheetah cubs learn survival skills, Masai Mara, Kenya - 29 Aug 2012
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Goldstein / Rex Features (1841673a)
Cheetah cubs chase a Thomson's gazelle fawn
Survival School: Harsh Nature As Cheetah Cubs Learn To Hunt
It may be hard to watch, but these visceral images show an impressive display of the raw survival skills of the natural world.
These cheetah cubs have been given a gazelle fawn by their mother in order to help them hone their hunting skills.
Seemingly an unfair quarry, the sacrifice of the gazelle is vital to ensure an at risk species survives.
The stunning images were captured by Exodus tour guide and wildlife photographer Paul Goldstein.
He explains: "Currently there are four mums with cubs I have been working with. It is cold in the morning at this time of year so they are often difficult to find, but once they liven up they can be very entertaining subjects.
"The cubs range from eight weeks to six months. A particular highlight, although brutal, was the one mother teaching her very young charges basic hunting skills, by giving them the present of a young gazelle fawn she had just downed.
"It is often hard to watch, but cheetahs are desperately endangered, but Thomson's gazelles are not - the day we run short of those fleet-footed antelope, we really have screwed up the planet."
The cheetah is the world's fastest land animal, reaching speeds of up to 70 mph, and are easily capable of outrunning any other animal over short distances thanks to an ability to accelerate from 0 to over 100 km/h (62 mph) in three seconds.
They kill their prey by tripping it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of the throat to suffocate it. Then the cheetah proceeds to devour its catch as quickly as possible before the kill is taken by stronger predators.
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY: Paul Goldstein/Rex Features
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/IMDBYBGSF (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916k)
The mother Thomson's gazelle can only watch as the vultures consume her fawn
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Roy Mangersnes/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VRRMRNJVE (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916j)
The mother Thomson's gazelle can only watch as the vultures consume her fawn
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916e)
One of the Lappet-faced vultures leaps at the mother Thomson's gazelle
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916d)
The mother Thomson's gazelle attempts to chase the Lappet-faced vultures away from her fawn
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916c)
The Lappet-faced vultures stand over her fawn while watching for the mother Thomson's gazelle
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916i)
The mother Thomson's gazelle can only watch as the vultures consume her fawn
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916g)
One of the Lappet-faced vultures chases off the mother Thomson's gazelle
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Roy Mangersnes/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916h)
The Lappet-faced vultures feed on the Thomson's gazelle fawn
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Roy Mangersnes/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916f)
One of the Lappet-faced vultures leaps at the mother Thomson's gazelle
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
MUST CREDIT PICTURES BY
Roy Mangersnes/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916b)
The mother Thomson's gazelle attempts to chase the Lappet-faced vultures away from her fawn
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Roy Mangersnes/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Thomson's Gazelle attempts to protect fawn from Lappet-faced vultures, Masai Mara, Kenya - Oct 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Roy Mangersnes / Rex Features (1469916a)
The mother Thomson's gazelle attempts to chase the Lappet-faced vultures away from her fawn
Nature at its Rawest: Mother Tries To Save Fawn From Vultures
These amazing images show nature at its rawest.
A Thomson's gazelle mother desperately tries to fight off vultures when her fawn falls ill.
But, despite repeated attempts to get close to the stricken youngster, her efforts are no match for the sharp beaks and claws of the predators.
The heart-breaking scenes were captured by wildlife photographer Roy Mangersnes on the Masai Mara in Kenya.
The dramatic pictures show the mother making repeated runs at two Lappet-face vultures who are closing in on what they see as an easy meal.
At one point a vulture flies claws-exposed at the brave Thomson's gazelle.
But, unfortunately, her efforts are in vain and a colony of vultures descend to pick at the carcass as the mother looks on.
Roy explains: "These two Lappet-faced vultures found the sick Thomson gazelle youngster and flew down to get it. It was probably just sick, and could not get up.
"The mother was still around and tried to fight them off. She came back again and again, but eventually she had to fold and the scavengers took over. Within 10 minutes the young gazelle was gone.
"It was heart-breaking to watch as she waited anxiously nearby, waiting for the fawn to resurrect, but nature can be unforgiving."
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Roy Mangersnes/Rex Features
Story: Dean Murray
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Camera trap photographs by Blair Roberts, Kenya - 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Blair Roberts / Rex Features (1424347W)
Peek-A-Boo: The World Through The Lens Of A Kenyan Camera Trap
You're wandering the plains of Kenya and you spot a mysterious metal box. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself having a quick peek, would you?
That was seemingly the reaction of all creatures great and small when ecology student Blair Roberts placed camera traps in the wildlife-rich region.
The 26-year-old wanted to study the feeding patterns of Thomson gazelle, but found her equipment captured some amazing - and hilarious - sights.
A cheeky Patas monkey, already an unusual-looking species, appears almost alien-like as it moves so near to the camera that cannot focus.
Similarly, in a side-splitting trio of images, an olive baboon takes such a close peek its nose nearly touches the lens.
In another picture, a juvenile olive baboon appears to cast a dismissive glance sideways at the camera as it follows it mother.
Other highlights include a Jungle Book-style herd of elephants sauntering by, a fearsome rhino looks about to charge at the camera, and, at one point, a pair of inquisitive cattle herders stopping to peer into the lens.
There are also cameo appearances from impala, zebra, oryx and, seeming slightly shy, a giraffe and ostrich that only poke their heads into the frame.
Night-vision images reveal buffalo, hyena and Jackson's hartebeest - along with an African elephant shortly before it knocked the camera over and bent the support pole to a 45 degree angle.
Blair, from Louisville, Kentucky, uses the images as part of dissertation research in her fourth year as a PhD student in Princeton University's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program.
She has set up ten heat- and motion- triggered cameras in steel cases on four plains at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. When activated they take three photos in quick successi...
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Camera trap photographs by Blair Roberts, Kenya - 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Blair Roberts / Rex Features (1424347T)
Thomson's gazelles (Gazella thomsonii)
Peek-A-Boo: The World Through The Lens Of A Kenyan Camera Trap
You're wandering the plains of Kenya and you spot a mysterious metal box. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself having a quick peek, would you?
That was seemingly the reaction of all creatures great and small when ecology student Blair Roberts placed camera traps in the wildlife-rich region.
The 26-year-old wanted to study the feeding patterns of Thomson gazelle, but found her equipment captured some amazing - and hilarious - sights.
A cheeky Patas monkey, already an unusual-looking species, appears almost alien-like as it moves so near to the camera that cannot focus.
Similarly, in a side-splitting trio of images, an olive baboon takes such a close peek its nose nearly touches the lens.
In another picture, a juvenile olive baboon appears to cast a dismissive glance sideways at the camera as it follows it mother.
Other highlights include a Jungle Book-style herd of elephants sauntering by, a fearsome rhino looks about to charge at the camera, and, at one point, a pair of inquisitive cattle herders stopping to peer into the lens.
There are also cameo appearances from impala, zebra, oryx and, seeming slightly shy, a giraffe and ostrich that only poke their heads into the frame.
Night-vision images reveal buffalo, hyena and Jackson's hartebeest - along with an African elephant shortly before it knocked the camera over and bent the support pole to a 45 degree angle.
Blair, from Louisville, Kentucky, uses the images as part of dissertation research in her fourth year as a PhD student in Princeton University's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program.
She has set up ten heat- and motion- triggered cameras in steel cases on four plains at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. When activated th...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VVFQBXWKF
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Camera trap photographs by Blair Roberts, Kenya - 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Blair Roberts / Rex Features (1424347F)
Female Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsonii)
Peek-A-Boo: The World Through The Lens Of A Kenyan Camera Trap
You're wandering the plains of Kenya and you spot a mysterious metal box. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself having a quick peek, would you?
That was seemingly the reaction of all creatures great and small when ecology student Blair Roberts placed camera traps in the wildlife-rich region.
The 26-year-old wanted to study the feeding patterns of Thomson gazelle, but found her equipment captured some amazing - and hilarious - sights.
A cheeky Patas monkey, already an unusual-looking species, appears almost alien-like as it moves so near to the camera that cannot focus.
Similarly, in a side-splitting trio of images, an olive baboon takes such a close peek its nose nearly touches the lens.
In another picture, a juvenile olive baboon appears to cast a dismissive glance sideways at the camera as it follows it mother.
Other highlights include a Jungle Book-style herd of elephants sauntering by, a fearsome rhino looks about to charge at the camera, and, at one point, a pair of inquisitive cattle herders stopping to peer into the lens.
There are also cameo appearances from impala, zebra, oryx and, seeming slightly shy, a giraffe and ostrich that only poke their heads into the frame.
Night-vision images reveal buffalo, hyena and Jackson's hartebeest - along with an African elephant shortly before it knocked the camera over and bent the support pole to a 45 degree angle.
Blair, from Louisville, Kentucky, uses the images as part of dissertation research in her fourth year as a PhD student in Princeton University's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program.
She has set up ten heat- and motion- triggered cameras in steel cases on four plains at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. When activa...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VVFQBXWKF
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Camera trap photographs by Blair Roberts, Kenya - 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Blair Roberts / Rex Features (1424347E)
Female Thomson's gazelle (Gazella thomsonii)
Peek-A-Boo: The World Through The Lens Of A Kenyan Camera Trap
You're wandering the plains of Kenya and you spot a mysterious metal box. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself having a quick peek, would you?
That was seemingly the reaction of all creatures great and small when ecology student Blair Roberts placed camera traps in the wildlife-rich region.
The 26-year-old wanted to study the feeding patterns of Thomson gazelle, but found her equipment captured some amazing - and hilarious - sights.
A cheeky Patas monkey, already an unusual-looking species, appears almost alien-like as it moves so near to the camera that cannot focus.
Similarly, in a side-splitting trio of images, an olive baboon takes such a close peek its nose nearly touches the lens.
In another picture, a juvenile olive baboon appears to cast a dismissive glance sideways at the camera as it follows it mother.
Other highlights include a Jungle Book-style herd of elephants sauntering by, a fearsome rhino looks about to charge at the camera, and, at one point, a pair of inquisitive cattle herders stopping to peer into the lens.
There are also cameo appearances from impala, zebra, oryx and, seeming slightly shy, a giraffe and ostrich that only poke their heads into the frame.
Night-vision images reveal buffalo, hyena and Jackson's hartebeest - along with an African elephant shortly before it knocked the camera over and bent the support pole to a 45 degree angle.
Blair, from Louisville, Kentucky, uses the images as part of dissertation research in her fourth year as a PhD student in Princeton University's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program.
She has set up ten heat- and motion- triggered cameras in steel cases on four plains at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. When activa...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VVFQBXWKF
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Camera trap photographs by Blair Roberts, Kenya - 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Blair Roberts / Rex Features (1424347AI)
Peek-A-Boo: The World Through The Lens Of A Kenyan Camera Trap
You're wandering the plains of Kenya and you spot a mysterious metal box. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself having a quick peek, would you?
That was seemingly the reaction of all creatures great and small when ecology student Blair Roberts placed camera traps in the wildlife-rich region.
The 26-year-old wanted to study the feeding patterns of Thomson gazelle, but found her equipment captured some amazing - and hilarious - sights.
A cheeky Patas monkey, already an unusual-looking species, appears almost alien-like as it moves so near to the camera that cannot focus.
Similarly, in a side-splitting trio of images, an olive baboon takes such a close peek its nose nearly touches the lens.
In another picture, a juvenile olive baboon appears to cast a dismissive glance sideways at the camera as it follows it mother.
Other highlights include a Jungle Book-style herd of elephants sauntering by, a fearsome rhino looks about to charge at the camera, and, at one point, a pair of inquisitive cattle herders stopping to peer into the lens.
There are also cameo appearances from impala, zebra, oryx and, seeming slightly shy, a giraffe and ostrich that only poke their heads into the frame.
Night-vision images reveal buffalo, hyena and Jackson's hartebeest - along with an African elephant shortly before it knocked the camera over and bent the support pole to a 45 degree angle.
Blair, from Louisville, Kentucky, uses the images as part of dissertation research in her fourth year as a PhD student in Princeton University's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program.
She has set up ten heat- and motion- triggered cameras in steel cases on four plains at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. When activated they take three photos in quick success...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VVFQBXWKF
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Camera trap photographs by Blair Roberts, Kenya - 2011
Manadatory Credit: Photo by Blair Roberts / Rex Features (1424347AC)
Peek-A-Boo: The World Through The Lens Of A Kenyan Camera Trap
You're wandering the plains of Kenya and you spot a mysterious metal box. You wouldn't be able to stop yourself having a quick peek, would you?
That was seemingly the reaction of all creatures great and small when ecology student Blair Roberts placed camera traps in the wildlife-rich region.
The 26-year-old wanted to study the feeding patterns of Thomson gazelle, but found her equipment captured some amazing - and hilarious - sights.
A cheeky Patas monkey, already an unusual-looking species, appears almost alien-like as it moves so near to the camera that cannot focus.
Similarly, in a side-splitting trio of images, an olive baboon takes such a close peek its nose nearly touches the lens.
In another picture, a juvenile olive baboon appears to cast a dismissive glance sideways at the camera as it follows it mother.
Other highlights include a Jungle Book-style herd of elephants sauntering by, a fearsome rhino looks about to charge at the camera, and, at one point, a pair of inquisitive cattle herders stopping to peer into the lens.
There are also cameo appearances from impala, zebra, oryx and, seeming slightly shy, a giraffe and ostrich that only poke their heads into the frame.
Night-vision images reveal buffalo, hyena and Jackson's hartebeest - along with an African elephant shortly before it knocked the camera over and bent the support pole to a 45 degree angle.
Blair, from Louisville, Kentucky, uses the images as part of dissertation research in her fourth year as a PhD student in Princeton University's Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program.
She has set up ten heat- and motion- triggered cameras in steel cases on four plains at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. When activated they take three photos in quick success...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/VVFQBXWKF
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Strange hairy Thomson's gazelle spotted, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - 01 Oct 2010
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paolo Torchio/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1230423e )
Hair-Raising Gazelle
When veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio captured this strange, hairy animal on camera people thought he was telling a shaggy dog story.
The unusually bearded creature was caught on camera for the first time and had experts baffled as to what it was.
Paolo, 49, who took the photos on Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve and has lived and worked in the area for two decades, had never seen anything like it.
However, experts have now identified it as a Thomson's gazelle - a type of antelope - but are baffled as to what has made it so hirsute.
One theory is it is suffering from 'werewolf syndrome', or hypertrichosis, a condition that affects humans and animals and is a genetic slip-up that causes excess hair all over the body.
Italian photographer Paolo is an expert in the wildlife that roam the nearly 600 square mile game reserve and was shocked to see the fury gazelle.
He said: "I was wondering, what is this dog doing? And when it came out from the grass, that was a surprise."
The animal that emerged from the tall grass was obviously not a dog and had all the markings of a Thomson's gazelle.
However, in contrast to the sleek gazelles in its company, this animal was covered in a strange, thick coat of hair.
Torchio crept alongside the shaggy creature for 15 minutes, snapping pictures, but eventually the spooked animal ran off.
He spent the next five days trying to find the gazelle, but to no avail.
He said: "The funny aspect was that it wasn't affecting the relations with the other gazelles.
"There was no problem between her and the other one."
Lanny Brown, a zookeeper at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, and the man in charge of maintaining Thomson's gazelle populations for all of North America, has been left scratching his ...
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Strange hairy Thomson's gazelle spotted, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - 01 Oct 2010
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paolo Torchio/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1230423f )
Hair-Raising Gazelle
When veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio captured this strange, hairy animal on camera people thought he was telling a shaggy dog story.
The unusually bearded creature was caught on camera for the first time and had experts baffled as to what it was.
Paolo, 49, who took the photos on Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve and has lived and worked in the area for two decades, had never seen anything like it.
However, experts have now identified it as a Thomson's gazelle - a type of antelope - but are baffled as to what has made it so hirsute.
One theory is it is suffering from 'werewolf syndrome', or hypertrichosis, a condition that affects humans and animals and is a genetic slip-up that causes excess hair all over the body.
Italian photographer Paolo is an expert in the wildlife that roam the nearly 600 square mile game reserve and was shocked to see the fury gazelle.
He said: "I was wondering, what is this dog doing? And when it came out from the grass, that was a surprise."
The animal that emerged from the tall grass was obviously not a dog and had all the markings of a Thomson's gazelle.
However, in contrast to the sleek gazelles in its company, this animal was covered in a strange, thick coat of hair.
Torchio crept alongside the shaggy creature for 15 minutes, snapping pictures, but eventually the spooked animal ran off.
He spent the next five days trying to find the gazelle, but to no avail.
He said: "The funny aspect was that it wasn't affecting the relations with the other gazelles.
"There was no problem between her and the other one."
Lanny Brown, a zookeeper at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, and the man in charge of maintaining Thomson's gazelle populations for all of North America, has been left scratching his ...
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Strange hairy Thomson's gazelle spotted, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - 01 Oct 2010
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paolo Torchio/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1230423d )
Hair-Raising Gazelle
When veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio captured this strange, hairy animal on camera people thought he was telling a shaggy dog story.
The unusually bearded creature was caught on camera for the first time and had experts baffled as to what it was.
Paolo, 49, who took the photos on Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve and has lived and worked in the area for two decades, had never seen anything like it.
However, experts have now identified it as a Thomson's gazelle - a type of antelope - but are baffled as to what has made it so hirsute.
One theory is it is suffering from 'werewolf syndrome', or hypertrichosis, a condition that affects humans and animals and is a genetic slip-up that causes excess hair all over the body.
Italian photographer Paolo is an expert in the wildlife that roam the nearly 600 square mile game reserve and was shocked to see the fury gazelle.
He said: "I was wondering, what is this dog doing? And when it came out from the grass, that was a surprise."
The animal that emerged from the tall grass was obviously not a dog and had all the markings of a Thomson's gazelle.
However, in contrast to the sleek gazelles in its company, this animal was covered in a strange, thick coat of hair.
Torchio crept alongside the shaggy creature for 15 minutes, snapping pictures, but eventually the spooked animal ran off.
He spent the next five days trying to find the gazelle, but to no avail.
He said: "The funny aspect was that it wasn't affecting the relations with the other gazelles.
"There was no problem between her and the other one."
Lanny Brown, a zookeeper at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, and the man in charge of maintaining Thomson's gazelle populations for all of North America, has been left scratching his ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EGPUIPVFM
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Strange hairy Thomson's gazelle spotted, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - 01 Oct 2010
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paolo Torchio/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1230423c )
Hair-Raising Gazelle
When veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio captured this strange, hairy animal on camera people thought he was telling a shaggy dog story.
The unusually bearded creature was caught on camera for the first time and had experts baffled as to what it was.
Paolo, 49, who took the photos on Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve and has lived and worked in the area for two decades, had never seen anything like it.
However, experts have now identified it as a Thomson's gazelle - a type of antelope - but are baffled as to what has made it so hirsute.
One theory is it is suffering from 'werewolf syndrome', or hypertrichosis, a condition that affects humans and animals and is a genetic slip-up that causes excess hair all over the body.
Italian photographer Paolo is an expert in the wildlife that roam the nearly 600 square mile game reserve and was shocked to see the fury gazelle.
He said: "I was wondering, what is this dog doing? And when it came out from the grass, that was a surprise."
The animal that emerged from the tall grass was obviously not a dog and had all the markings of a Thomson's gazelle.
However, in contrast to the sleek gazelles in its company, this animal was covered in a strange, thick coat of hair.
Torchio crept alongside the shaggy creature for 15 minutes, snapping pictures, but eventually the spooked animal ran off.
He spent the next five days trying to find the gazelle, but to no avail.
He said: "The funny aspect was that it wasn't affecting the relations with the other gazelles.
"There was no problem between her and the other one."
Lanny Brown, a zookeeper at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, and the man in charge of maintaining Thomson's gazelle populations for all of North America, has been left scratching his ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EGPUIPVFM
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Strange hairy Thomson's gazelle spotted, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa - 01 Oct 2010
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paolo Torchio/Solent News / Rex Features ( 1230423a )
Hair-Raising Gazelle
When veteran wildlife photographer Paolo Torchio captured this strange, hairy animal on camera people thought he was telling a shaggy dog story.
The unusually bearded creature was caught on camera for the first time and had experts baffled as to what it was.
Paolo, 49, who took the photos on Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve and has lived and worked in the area for two decades, had never seen anything like it.
However, experts have now identified it as a Thomson's gazelle - a type of antelope - but are baffled as to what has made it so hirsute.
One theory is it is suffering from 'werewolf syndrome', or hypertrichosis, a condition that affects humans and animals and is a genetic slip-up that causes excess hair all over the body.
Italian photographer Paolo is an expert in the wildlife that roam the nearly 600 square mile game reserve and was shocked to see the fury gazelle.
He said: "I was wondering, what is this dog doing? And when it came out from the grass, that was a surprise."
The animal that emerged from the tall grass was obviously not a dog and had all the markings of a Thomson's gazelle.
However, in contrast to the sleek gazelles in its company, this animal was covered in a strange, thick coat of hair.
Torchio crept alongside the shaggy creature for 15 minutes, snapping pictures, but eventually the spooked animal ran off.
He spent the next five days trying to find the gazelle, but to no avail.
He said: "The funny aspect was that it wasn't affecting the relations with the other gazelles.
"There was no problem between her and the other one."
Lanny Brown, a zookeeper at the Phoenix Zoo in Arizona, and the man in charge of maintaining Thomson's gazelle populations for all of North America, has been left scratching his ...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EGPUIPVFM
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Manadatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Lacz / Rex Features (1503826a)
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Manadatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Lacz / Rex Features (1503811a)
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Manadatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Lacz / Rex Features (1503809a)
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Manadatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Lacz / Rex Features (1503639a)
THOMSON'S GAZELLE gazella thomsoni, FEMALE WITH ITS NEWBORN FOAN SUCKLING, MASAI MARA PARK, KENYA
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Manadatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Lacz / Rex Features (1503628a)
THOMSON'S GAZELLE gazella thomsoni, FEMALE WITH ITS NEWBORN FOAN, MASAI MARA PARK, KENYA
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Manadatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Lacz / Rex Features (1503350a)
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Manadatory Credit: Photo by Gerard Lacz / Rex Features (1502879a)
CHEETAH acinonyx jubatus, WITH THOMSON'S GAZELLE KILL, MASAI MARA PARK, KENYA
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