Kenya-Masai Mara-Kichwa Tembo Day #1A is one of many articles to be created from photos taken on three connected safaris (Botswana and Zambia, Tanzania, and Kenya) between June 20 and July 31, 2009, with Cheesemans’ Ecology Safaris, Saratoga, California (www.cheesemans.com). We had previously traveled with them to Antarctica, 2000/2001.
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An explanation of the first 17 photos of this article:
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Females reach maturity in 20 to 24
months, and males around 12 months, although they do not usually mate...
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Female Cheetahs give birth to up to nine
cubs after a gestation period of 90 to 98 days. The average litter...
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Cheetah cubs leave their mother between
13 and 20 months after birth. Life span is up to twelve years in the...
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The Cheetah hunts usually either early
in the morning or later in the evening when it is not so hot, but...
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The Cheetah kills its prey by tripping
it during the chase, then biting it on the underside of the throat to...
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Cheetahs usually avoid fighting and will
surrender a kill immediately to even a single hyena, rather than risk injury....
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Another Cheeseman vehicle has
arrived on the scene to allow its passengers to get photos as good as...
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