Cheetah looking for prey

The horizon is scanned by this male cheetah for possible prey.

CheetahAcinonyx jubatusMasai Mara National reserveKenya.

Cheeetah scent marking

Walking across the savannah, the male cheetah comes across a shady acacia tree.It smelsl the tree and scent marks it with urine.

CheetahAcinonyx jubatusMasai Mara National reserveKenya.

Warthog

Front knees are bent so as to allow the wathog's flattened head to eat the tender grass shoots.

WartogPhacochoerus aethiopicusMasai Mara National reserveKenya.

Cheetah cub

Cheetah cub observing the savanna

CheetahAcinonyx jubatusMasai Mara National ReserveKenya

Cheetah cub

Cheetah observing the savanna

CheetahAcinonyx jubatusMasai Mara National ReserveKenya

The hartebeest is heavy and even though the cheetahs front claws are hooked on the antelopes side, it does not fall while running.

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Second cheetah places itself in front of running hatebeest in Masai Mara

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Cheetah running

This male cheetah has targetted a hartbeest for hunting and is sprinting towards it.

CheetahAcinonyx jubatusMasai Mara National reserveKenya.

Cheetah hunting

This male cheetah has targetted a hartbeest for hunting andthe warthog is fleeing away from the cheetah.

Cheetah and warthogAcinonyx jubatusPhacochoerus aethiopicusMasai Mara National reserveKenya.

The male Cheetah now chases the fleeing hartebeests in Masai Mara.

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Cheetah running

This male cheetah has targetted a hartbeest for hunting and is sprinting towards it.

CheetahAcinonyx jubatusMasai Mara National reserveKenya.

The male cheetah concentrates on the fleeing hartebeest and avoids the warthogs while hunting in Masai Mara.

CheetahAcinonyx jubatushuntrunningwathogsMasai MARA National ReserveKenya

Cheetah hunting

This male cheetah has targetted a hartbeest for hunting and warthogs fleeing away from the cheetah.

Cheetah and warthogsAcinonyx jubatusPhacochoerus aethiopicusMasai Mara National reserveKenya.

The male cheetah concentrates on the fleeing hartebeest and avoids the warthogs while hunting in Masai Mara.

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Wildebeest defending cheetah's attack.

WildebeestConnochaetes taurinusCheetahAcinonyx jubatusMasai Mara National Reserve

Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah attacking Wildebeest

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Cheetah waking up to go on the lookout for prey

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Cheetah mother with cub

Cheetah mother with cub in Masai Mara

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Cheetah cub playfully leaps to mother in Masai Mara

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Cheetah looking for prey in Masai Mara savanna.

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Cheetah, on the alert, looks at the back in Masai Mara.

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Cheetah, on the alert, looks at the back in Masai Mara.

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Close up of cheetah face in Masai Mara.

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Cheetah Stalking in Masai Mara savanna with topi herd watching.

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Cheetah scans the environment from top of a tree in Masai Mara.

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Cheetah scans the environment from top of a tree in Masai Mara.

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Having caught a Thomson's gazelle, the cheetah mother is now starting to teach her cubs the skill of hunting in Masai Mara.

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Cheetah mother has caught a Thomson's gazelle in Masai Mara and is waiting for other cubs to come .

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Cheetah and cub on an ant hill in Masai Mara.

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Cheetah on the run after prey at full speed in Masai Mara.

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Cheetah on the run after prey at full speed in Masai Mara.

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