Spotted Sphinx Amphibian

Spotted Sphinx AmphibianMaasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya. A cheetah female searching for prey at dusk in long red oat grass. Cheetah females live a solitary life except when accompanied by cubs. The small head and supple spine, slender legs and long tail gives the cheetah an air of great beauty. The Muhgal emperors used to capture cheetahs from the wild and train them to hunt. Cheetahs were the companions of royalty in times past and the Mughal Emperor Akbar is said to

Poetry in motion

and her relaxed and trusting nature was transmitted through her behavior to her cubs

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mouthing them at times and reaching out with a massive forepaw to push them away or to encourage them to come closer

meaning child in Swahili)

It fills us with respect every time we spend time with them

The lionesses - Cloudy Eye and Kabibi had gone off to search for food leaving the cubs to tuck themselves away among the long grass and fallen trees around the area we call Lake Nakuru

cradled on the top of its father’s bare feet for more than two months

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The life force embedded in a family of cheetahs has such energy and vitality that it leaves you breathless

We need to be more like leopards who have perfected the art of chilling out in the most challenging of locations

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