Holiday 2023 in Tanzania. How wonderful to be able to photograph this beautiful animal in its own habitat.
Lying on a termite mound, waiting for prey to pass by.
The cheetah is adapted to hunting with a short, very fast sprint. It is slim, flexible and muscularly built, like a greyhound, with a powerful chest, a long tail and, for a feline, very long legs, with which it can push off hard. A cheetah's bones are light and flexible, and it has a relatively large heart and lungs.
The cheetah generally hunts during the day (early morning, early evening). They usually first keep an eye on the surroundings from an elevated spot like a rock outcropping, a fallen tree or a termite mound. The cheetah mainly hunts small and medium-sized antelope such as thomsongazelle and other gazelles, impala, springbok and kob. The cheetah stalks the antelope with its head down until it is about 30-10 m near its prey, after which it tries to catch it with a short, very fast sprint.
The cheetah is the fastest land animal in the world.
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A friend asked me a few years ago: will you join a photography course. I never expected to enjoy it so much. So I would like to share with you my photos that I think have the "wow" factor.
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