Show us your Cheetah Pictures

[madaboutcheetah]

Congratulations, Hari!

 

Thanks, Sangeeta and all others who liked that post - appreciate your well wishes!!! Someone wrote me about the image and possibly publishing it when they saw it on my 500PX. That's the whole story behind it ending up there...... It all happened in a flash.

[Game Warden]

Now all you need is an avatar pic

[madaboutcheetah]

I have to re-size to make one?

[Game Warden]

PM sent

[Wild Dogger]

 

One of the boys of Kwara

[johnkok]

Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus)

-27.89172,32.24067 (27°53'30.2"S 032°14'26.4"E)

Phinda Rock Lodge, Maputaland, KwaZulu Natal, S.Africa

April 2012 7:12am

Nikon D300S + Nikkor 200-400/f4 VR2

1/800 sec f4.5 300 mm ISO 720 EV0

[Safaridude]

 

We'll start with a tribute to "the Steroid Boys" of Mombo, Botswana. This was taken in August 1997 on the way to the Mombo airstrip. Earlier that morning, we got the news at camp that Princess Diana had died.

 

 

 

Another famous coalition... the three brothers at Lewa, Kenya, March 2009. These three boys took to hunting ostrich and zebra.

 

 

 

The same Lewa brothers marking.

 

 

 

A close-up of one of the Lewa brothers marking.

 

 

 

Aoub riverbed, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa - April 2008.

 

 

 

A classic sphinx pose - Tsavo East, Kenya - July, 2011

 

 

 

Northern Serengeti, Tanzania - September 2010

 

 

 

Masai Mara, Kenya - January 2010

 

 

 

Near Lake Ndutu, Serengeti, Tanzania - March 2009

 

 

 

Northern Serengeti, Tanzania - August 2007. There is a story with this one... at the old Sayari Camp, I met a guy who had been on 7 or 8 safaris and had never seen a cheetah. He booked Sayari for its reputation for cheetah sightings during the dry season. Unfortunately, at that time the prime cheetah spot was in the Lamai Wedge (which you can only get to by crossing a bridge across the Mara River). Due to the recent rains, the bridge was not crossable, and this gentleman, still with couple of days left at Sayari decided to switch plans... he was dead set and trying to see cheetah... he decided to wake up first thing in the morning and with his private guide/driver, drive all the way down to southern Serengeti, where general game may be scarce in August but there are some cheetahs for sure. Apparently, this gentleman left before sunrise. My party woke up a bit later than usual (it was our last day and we just had to leisurely get to the airstrip) and we cruised out of camp. About a half of km from camp, BAM! the most beautiful male cheetah sunning himself on a termite mound. I doubt the gentleman saw him.

Edited January 26, 2013 by Safaridude

[Game Warden]

That was a very quick like MAC

[madaboutcheetah]

That was a very quick like MAC

Haha. Just happened to be online and saw it when posted..... It deserved the Like!

[Wild Dogger]

Cheetah cub at Ndutu

 

[marg]

that's one full belly!

[marg]

We watched this cheetah off and on late afternoon until sundowner time. He was resting against a termite mound with impala in sight. We anticipated something happening but when nothing did, it was time for gin and tonics. No sooner were they poured when the baboons went wild. We threw everything back into the vehicle and turned around. We watched him walking, then running through the grass. A small herd of wildebeast were nearby and he took down this juvenile. So fast. As we headed back to camp, passing one lion after another, our guide told us that he would not open it up until morning. First thing the next morning we headed out to find him. He had just finished his meal. Success! Hwange 2010

[AKR1]

For an amazing cheetah hunt sequence, please see the very end of my trip report here:

http://safaritalk.net/topic/10324-eight-glorious-days-in-the-mara-a-new-appreciation-for-a-quintessential-safari-destination/page-4

[GreenEye]

Gorgeous animal. Wish to see King Cheetah one time
This was taken at Sirikoi, Kenya. Its a wild one, not Sheeba, which was around the house.
Cheers, Lajos

[Rainbirder]

The boy got a wee bit agitated when a family group of elephants passed nearby, Mum had seen it all before!

Southern Amboseli, Kenya; Kuly 2012.

[Game Warden]

Why I am not surprised that @@madaboutcheetah was one of the first to like this?

[africapurohit]

Photos of a female cheetah that was known to @@madaboutcheetah - Kwando, Botswana (2006).

 

 

 

 

[madaboutcheetah]

Thanks so much for this!!!! Really a great start to my day...... @@africapurohit

 

I'm hopeful she is still alive and well somewhere in the floods of northern Botswana. I last saw her in Oct 2008 and there have been one or two random reports since of having seen her - but, nothing conclusive. I think the closest lead we've had is from the Selinda report, although way back in perhaps 2010 or so. Sounds like an episode of "Homeland", no?

[Geoff]

@@madaboutcheetah here's an old image for you. One of 3 siblings. Selinda 2005, taken just after the death of one of the 3 boys and most definitely the offspring of one of them.

[Game Warden]

I got in there first with a like before MAC

[madaboutcheetah]

@@Geoff - Thanks for that! Yes, i remember that litter from 2005. But, by November of that year there were only 2 cubs. Mum is definitely the one in @@africapurohit 's series above. John once mentioned that they called her Jude in the Selinda.

[Geoff]

@@madaboutcheetah ~ Ah!, you have a good memory, I'd forgotten her name. John was in the vehicle with me at the time I took this and the image in previous post. A so-so image of her, unfortunately in the shade.

[africapurohit]

Masai Mara, 2003 (scans of the film negatives).

 

 

 

 

 

[madaboutcheetah]

Female cheetah, Lebala camp - August 2006 (very near the big sundowner Fig tree- ex Mokoba trails camp area)

[Geoff]

@@madaboutcheetah ~ very nice, gorgeous light.