Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Cheetahs cheetahs everywhere

The cheetah population here at Welgevonden has increased dramatically
recently which is nice if you like cheetahs.
On the very first day out we came upon one lone cheetah.
On our second day out we found a very successful mother who raised 5 cubs to
maturity. (Sadly one died during the fired that tore through the reserve a
few weeks ago.) But she still has four and we found them lying on some nice
horizontal rocks with one adolescent right next to her.
And then on day four after we watched the lions stalk the warthogs, we found
another mother with her 3 cubs on the rocks under a nice shade tree. In the
picture of these cheetahs you may be able to make out the pinkish hue to
their necks..we must have just missed them feasting on whatever they killed.
The young ones were so fat they kept misjudging the rocks and they own
weight so they kept slipping and falling trying to climb around

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