When three cheetah brothers gave chase on this herd of zebras, Karen couldn’t look because she felt so bad for the zebras. When the chase failed, she immediately felt bad for the three cheetahs, who missed out on their meal. Thus is life on the plains of Kenya. Nikon D300 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 400, f/5 at 1/500th of a second
The cheetahs either were emboldened by their numbers (3)? or desperate to select such large prey.
I’ve never seen them go after zebra. Their preferred prey would be little young antelopes like the Tommies.
Great pict..you had to be fast and ready to snap this one! The only chase I witnessed happened so fast
that I had no time to even blink!
Thanks Norma. There were three cheetahs. They were going for a young zebra that you can’t see in the picture because the adults were shielding it from the cheetah.
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great pic, ipt would o[f lbeen fun to wacth this race in nature, because, they both can can run at high speeds.
Hi Sean, great pic., but I’d be like Karen, but I guess it’s the law of the jungle.
Birds spring aloft—-Spots and stripes in deadly play—-To live another day.
I’m like Karen…I feel bad for the birds startled into flight!
Amazing photo
incredible!
The cheetahs either were emboldened by their numbers (3)? or desperate to select such large prey.
I’ve never seen them go after zebra. Their preferred prey would be little young antelopes like the Tommies.
Great pict..you had to be fast and ready to snap this one! The only chase I witnessed happened so fast
that I had no time to even blink!
Thanks Norma. There were three cheetahs. They were going for a young zebra that you can’t see in the picture because the adults were shielding it from the cheetah.