Lion Cub ands Adult, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya
A lion cub practices its fighting skills with an impatient adult. Cubs need to learn to survive and fighting is part of that. Most cubs don’t make it to adulthood.
Tag: Porini Lion Camp
Cheetah Cub, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya
I love observing and photographing cheetah cubs at play. This cub was very entertaining.
One of the interesting things about all cheetahs is the tear tracks. I checked to see if there was anything written about why those tear tracks evolved and found that of all the big cats their hunting is almost always limited to daylight hours and the tear tracks help their eyes cope with the glare of the sun. Their tear tracks act like the black grease and tape used by some athletes when they play day games. Evolution is an interesting subject.
Male Lion, Porini Lion Camp, Kenya
This is one of two male lions that were the leaders of a pride that I saw every one of the four days I was at Porini Lion Camp. They were easy to find, at least when you have Nelson Keiwua and John Tompoi as your guide and spotter. Canon R5 and EF-17-40L lens. Just kidding. RF-100-500L lens at 500mm.
Serval, Olare Motorogi Conservancy, Kenya
When I arrived at Gamewatchers Safaris’ Porini Lion Camp, the first cat I expected to see was, well, a lion, and hopefully a whole pride of lions. As it turned out, the first cat or cats I saw were three cheetah brothers and, a few minutes later, this serval cat who was walking around near us and the cheetahs. The serval is a beautiful little cat about the size of our bobcats here in North America. I don’t know how it survives with all the bigger predators, but it does. Maybe the big cats understand that it mainly feeds on rodents and insects and thus isn’t competing with them for food.
