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and I found again the family... en route to Mata Mata O/\
they are going to the dunes, for the night

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and yours Mel O\/ O\/ O\/


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the fire was just behind 14th... going to Urikaruus... and I had "cold sweat" thinking of these 4 :shock:


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I've seen the destruction the fire cause over vast areas, nan :shock:

Here's a pic of the little ones. Alas, they hid away without mum and my camera
let me down big time. The surrounding was too 'noisy' and no matter what I did,
the bleeding camera wouldn't focus properly. O/

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The new camera probably would have done the job. But it was smashed by then. 0-


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The last king cheetah in Kruger, as far as I know:

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And the opposite, from East Africa this year! :shock:



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Some old scans from unusual Kruger locations:

Shingwedzi S-52 1988:



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Renosterpan, about 1995:




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about this one of East African, you think he lost her pigmentation ?


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nan wrote:about this one of East African, you think he lost her pigmentation ?
It is quite unique, nan! No-one is quite sure! -O-


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Re: Cheetah - Animal of the Month - November 2012

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Seems to be a bit of debate about whether the spotless one is a fake:

This picture shows a very muscular shoulder and a pretty short & thick neck. Honestly this looks like a "photo shopped" picture of a lions body and a cheetah's head...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4279386/.html


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Re: Cheetah - Animal of the Month - November 2012

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it seems, without the spots, we see much more the musculation
and then the appearence of a Lion, but a very deep chest, that Lions don't have
very interesting \O


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