• brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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    SLIGHT NSFW WARNING

    This year, I had the privilege of seeing such friendliness in person:

    Shot on an ooold camera that still works.

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      Can’t tell if that Cheetah’s pregnant or fat from just eating a heavy meal lol. Great shots though, that must have been awesome to see!

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        I’m almost certain it’s a full belly, heh. It had just moved off a carcass, and seemed like one happy cat.

        Thanks! Yeah I was extremely lucky in a million ways.

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        Thanks! It was Tanzania.

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        It was a group of 3 that made a kill. They just blocked the truck path, fat and panting without a care, then walked off into the sun across the Kenyan border.

        Their kill didn’t go to waste:

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            Serengeti park, yep.

            Yeah, I was lucky by every definition… and have a “big cat” meme folder to reach into now.

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              Thank you for sharing the excellent shots with us. I love cheetahs. I was lucky to come across two cubs when I travelled there way back in 2012. I couldn’t catch them on my camera though since there were so small.