Monday, September 30, 2013

Gerenuk, Kudu, dikdik and other gazelles

A young male Gerenuk eating from an acacia bush
and standing on its back legs!
a wounded male Gerenuk  with...
 large preorbital gland
a female Gerenuk running away
with beautiful eyes
and two female Gerenuk are standing
the Dikdik is the smallest gazelle. It weighs 6kg!
it has  big eyes and preorbital glands.
Male Impala in the evening light
watching his harem
walking on the road
and distracted by yellow billed oxpeckers
and fighting with another male then...
fleeing away ...
from a leopard
the greater kudu...
with its great  twisted horns
the Oryx browsing in the morning light is...
vulnerable when drinking from the river
The largest antelope: the Eland  can jump over 3 meters high fences despite its 1000kg!
The dominant male Topi
with its dark blue spots
the hartebeest mum with her young one
the powerful water buck
with beautiful fur
...stroking his partner
under a double rainbow in Masai Mara
"""white beard" Gnou

resting in the plain or...

crossing a river

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Hunting Cheetahs of Kenya

This female cheetah eats the baby gazelle it just killed
it is nervous because
it has smelled nearby hyenas...
with bloody face...
which have smelled her baby gazelle
The next day we saw 2 cheetahs
one looking intensely
the other on the alert
it runs after a baby gazelle...
they play with it...
like a cat with a mouse
bite it...
and kill it
stop...
go
and run...
to eat it quietly
and go to rest

Monday, September 23, 2013

Lions of Kenya: Mating, killing and tenderness with the lion cub

the lioness signals it's ready to mate
The lion who was waiting...
can start the mating
which stops 2 minutes after
the lioness lies down on her back by the lion...
who takes a little rest
and they mate again
3 to 4 times per hour for 3 days ...
With each one of its harem
The lioness does most of the hunting
It killed and carries the dead baby gazelle
a long way...
to her weeks old cub
who runs to its mum
and looks at us
they go in the shade with their prey
rest....
and stroke
and the cub plays with the prey
and rests in its mum arms.