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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Bull elephant dust bathing after mud wallowing. The coating of mud and dust helps to protect their skin.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Bull elephant dust bathing after wallowing in mud.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A bull elephant dust bathing after wallowing in mud during the middle of the day. Elephants suck up fine powdery dust in their trunks and then blast it over their skin to protect it.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A bull elephant feeding on the ripe fruits of a fig tree.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Bull elephant feeding on ripe figs at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Young elephants playing at a mud wallow.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male lion feeding on a buffalo carcass.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Bull elephant feeding on lush green grass.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A pride of lions with large cubs of a year or more old lying up on a termite mound early in the morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A pride male watching other members of his pride on the move early in the morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two male lions in the heart of their territory on Paradise Plain, on the alert for rivals.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Coalition of four young male lions investigating wart hog burrow.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Liones and cub feeding on a kill at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Elephant calves playing. Their permanent tusks emerge in their third year.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A pride male pauses to drink on his way to cover after feeding on a kill.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Bila Shaka Lugga, Narok County. Pride of lions huddling together to shelter from the rain at the beginning of the Long Rains. The lioness on the right is alert to wildebeest and zebra grazing on the plains.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two male lions alert to the movements of female members of their pride. Late evening in the rain.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two pride males watching the lionesses in their pride setting off to hunt after a heavy rain storm.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two pride males watching the lionesses in their pride setting off to hunt after a heavy rain storm.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A lioness carrying one of her three 10 week old cubs to a new hiding place along an intermittent water course.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male lion defending a buffalo kill from vultures at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male lion keeps a careful eye on vulutures at a buffalo kill he is feeding on.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male lion guarding a lioness who is coming in to season so he can mate with her and prevent other males from approaching. Dawn with red oat grass.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A group of lions lying on a termite mound watching cautiously as lions from another pride feed on a kill.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A lioness roaring early in the morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A young lioness licking her lips after feeding on a kill.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two lionesses on a termite mound watching cautiously as lions from another pride feed on a kill.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A herd of elephants walking towards the marsh having fed during the night on higher ground. Large bull in the foreground.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A male lion alert as he guards a lioness from his pride at dawn. The female was in estrus and the courting couple had been mating.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Martial Eagle that had just killed an Egyptian Goose. This is the largest African eagle.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Martial Eagle that had just killed an Egyptian Goose. This is the largest African eagle. It is mantaling, defensively spreading its wings to shield its prey.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A pride male challenging a young lioness who was being forced to leave the pride, while her older relatives look on. There were too many adult lionesses already.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A black maned pride male pulling a flehmen face on smelling the urine of a lioness.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A pride male roaring while courting a lioness he is guarding between intermittent bouts of mating.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A male lion in the heart of his trerritory watching lionesses on a chill dawn morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Male lion watching lionesses from his pride at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Bila Shaka Lugga, Narok County. Male lion alert to the movement of female members of his pride at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male hippo threatening a cow who was accompanied by a younger bull.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah alert among the red oat grass at dusk . She is searching for prey before it gets too dark to hunt.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A four year old male lion watching other members of his pride at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah with her four five month old cubs feeding on a male Thomson's Gazelle.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A dark maned pride male sitting alert in long red oat grass early in the morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two adult male lions patrolling their territory.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Three male lions patrolliing their territory early in the morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Two male lions alert to the movements of female members of their pride. They are patrolling their territory and stopping from time to time to scent mark to signify ownership.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Three adult male lions out patrolling their territory stopping to roll in the dung left by a buffalo.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Three adult male lions investigating a buffalo dropping which one of them had rolled in.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Three male lions greeting and investigating scent. One of the males had found a buffalo dropping and rolled in it.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male cheetah catching a wildebeest calf using its sharp dew claw to help pull it to a halt.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. One of a coalition of three male cheetahs hunting wildebeest during the dry season. The male has snagged the wildebeest calf using its razor sharp dew claw heloing to anchor it and to pull it to a halt.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah strangling an adult female impala. This is the typical killing bits used by big cats, pinning their prey to the ground and strangling or suffocating it.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Talek River, Narok County. A large adult male leopard who had just fed on an adult wildebeest. He is scraping his back legs and peeing while watching his subadult son perched in a tree.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah with her 6 three month old male cub resting on a termite mound at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A lioness turns to watch her pride mates moving off to hunt.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A lioness alert in long red oat grass while being greeted by a five month old cub.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah strangling a Thomson's gazelle fawn accompanied by her three large cubs.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. One of a coaltion of 3 territorial cheetah brothers marking a Balananites tree and cheking for scent left by other cheetahs in their area.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. One of a coalition of three male cheetahs pursuing a wildebeest calf in the late afternoon. Male cheetahs often take larger prey than females, particularly when hunting as a group.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Female cheetah and her three, four month old, female cubs resting on a termite mound.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Male cheetahs feeding on a wildebeest calf they have just killed.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. One of a coaltion of 3 territorial cheetah brothers feeding on a wildebeest kill and alert to the possibility of danger from hyenas or lions intent on stealing their kill. The males were recovering from mange.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A male cheetah feeding on a wildebeest kill. He was one of a coalition of three males.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Female leopard watching for prey at edge of marsh.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A Martial Eagle hunting. Africa's largest eagle hunts prey such as Thomson Gazelle fawns, Dik-Dik, Guinea Fowl and Banded Mongooses.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A Martial Eagle hunting. Africa's largest eagle hunts prey such as Thomson Gazelle fawns, Dik-Dik, Guinea Fowl and Banded Mongooses.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A pride male surveys his domain early in the morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara Conservancy, Narok County. A mother cheetah poised on a termite mound alert to prey early in morning, accompanied by her three 6 month old male cubs.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A herd of old male buffalos feeding on the dew-laden grass at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A herd of old male buffalos with Cattle Egrets in attendance at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A herd of female Impalas accompanied by a territorial male at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. Herd of female impala with territorial male in attendance alert to danger at dawn.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A herd of female Impalas accompanied by a territorial male cluster around a termite mound at dawn, alert to danger from predators.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Musiara Marsh, Narok County. A herd of female Impalas cluster around a termite mound at dawn alert to danger from predators.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. A female cheetah resting among the red oat grass at dusk . She is searching for prey before it gets too dark to hunt.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, North Mara Conservancy, Narok County. 2 three month old lion cubs at the den where their mother has left them to go off and hunt.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Mara North Conservancy, Narok County. An eight week old lion cub about to suckle from its mother.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Coke's Hartebeests at dusk during the rainy season.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Male Impala alert at dawn during the dry season.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Leopard Gorge, North Mara Conservancy, Narok County. Bush Hyrax colony huddling together for warmth in the early morning.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Boscia tree and wildebeest at dawn during the annual migration. Dry season.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Male Impala alert at dawn during the dry season.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Masai Giraffes moving across the Mara plains late in the evening in the dry season.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Lions mating. There is often a brief and violent spat as the male dismounts.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Male lion sniffing scent of a lioness in his pride. He is grimacing with a typical flehmen face drawing the scent in to his nose and mouth to check on the sexual status of the lioness.
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Kenya, Masai Mara, Narok County. Spotted hyenas investigating scent from anal glands left by other hyenas on dry grass stems.
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