A little special picture series – BABY FACES 👶 – Today: Cheetah
PS: After over a month absence from Thanda I am back from my two excursions with guests from the USA and Switzerland. I will post the travel stories soon …
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Yesterday I was able to participate and photo-document a very special operation. A specialist surgeon operated on one of our male Cheetah to ‘re-build’ a torn ligament in the cat’s left leg.
During the procedure I was sitting in a good photo position behind the large carnivore and I was assigned an additional job. Every few minutes I had to tickle inside the Cheetah’s ear to see if there was any reaction like twitching or growling. That way the vet could judge if more drugs were needed to keep the cat asleep. A very special task not part of my usual job description!
Pictures:
1 – The Cheetah and I
2 – Waiting for the surgeon
3 – Pre-Op, asleep and ready for surgery
4 – X-Ray in the bush
5 – The surgery begins
6 – Post-Op, just before wake-up
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Two of Thanda Safari’s Cheetah relaxing in front of the Lebombo mountains!
Have a good week!
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This evening we had a beautiful Cheetah sighting on Thanda Safari. These are a few of the images I took of these incredible creatures. Have a good weekend!
The pictures were taken with a Canon EOS R6 Camera and a Canon EF 1/500 f/4 L lens.
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Yesterday evening I had an unusual sighting. Two Cheetah males were drinking at a waterhole and a Giraffe bull was feeding of a tree just above them on the dam wall. They were aware of one another but decided that the distance between them was enough for comfort.
In most encounters of these two species which I have observed previously they would not have deemed this distance enough and one or the other would have moved off.
Have a good week!
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📷 Picture by Christian Sperka
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📷 Picture by Christian Sperka
It was very relaxing watching a Cheetah mum and her three cubs resting on the Thanda Safari savanna as the sun started to set.
I hope you are also having a relaxing weekend!
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… to my mum and all the mothers around the world!
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