Cheetah hunt One
During my latest tour to Tanzania, we found a mother cheetah and her cub on the plains of the Serengeti. In the distance, we saw 3 adult Grant Gazelles, and a youngster.
There was no way the mother was going to catch one of the adults, but she knew that if she chased, the young gazelle would fall behind the adults, and it would be an easy catch.
So she went for it!
We watched her catch the gazelle the first time, then it got away, so another capture. She kept it alive. And released it to her young cub, for training purposes.
Of course, the young cheetah could not keep up with the baby gazelle, so Momma had to catch it a third time!
Eventually, she choked the gazelle to the point where it could not run any further, and the young cheetah had its way, and some success.
The series of images below, with short captions as a sort of play by play on what was happening.
This whole scene was a dream come true for me, and my guests, we were all very excited to see nature and the hunt.
The hot midday sun was not the best light, and the heat wave rising from the grass made the editing interesting, especially on the distant shots.
I hope you enjoyed the series, and I do hope we get another chance to go see this again!
Thanks for your visit!
