[Leica] Final Set from Ndutu

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Hi Jayanand,
I'm sorry the end is near!
Who are you is my favourite
<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4629.jpg.html>
Thanks for a wonderful series.
Cheers
Howard

Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 19:58:58 +0530
From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
Subject: [Leica] Final Set From Ndutu
To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>, PSM
        
At last..the end is near! (-:

To start, two newborn Grant's gazelles - one a day or two old, another a
minute or two old. Newborns stay absolutely still, and emit no smell to
evade predators. As Big Cats see in B&W, movement and smell are essential
for them to notice prey. In a previous occasion in the Mara, I have noticed
a Cheetah pass within 15 feet of a newborn Tommy and not notice it:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4822.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5910.jpg.html

The rest is all about the King of the Jungle! Here is a cub intent on
playing Hide and Seek with our vehicle:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4744.jpg.html

I have found that touch is a very important sensory input in the
mother-child bonding in lion prides, even after the cubs are reasonably
grown, but it takes many forms:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4727.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4723.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5890.jpg.html

Lion cubs are entertaining characters - here one engages in a Game of
Thorns (-:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4588.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4607.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140313_4629.jpg.html

Finally, a lioness enthusiastically tucks into a midday meal of reedbuck:

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5928.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_5976.jpg.html

http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/EAfrica/2014/Ndutu_20140315_6007.jpg.html

Please see LARGE

Comments and criticism, as ever, welcome!

Cheers
Jayanand