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Growing up Wild { 42 images } Created 17 Jul 2021

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  • An elusive leopard juts out as she curiously lays her hungry eyes on a herd of Wildebeest journeying to the Mara river.
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  • One week-old baby elephant, the size of Mom's tail, follows her footsteps across the savannah plains of the majestic Serengeti. Mother's tail provides guidance, comfort and protection to her adorable calf; no different than our own Mother's touch.
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  • Lioness Supermom expresses affection and care for her beautiful cub, Princess Nala. Mama's TLC includes grooming and licking her little one in the stirring landscape of Grumeti Reserve, Tanzania.
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  • Cheetah cub savors a fresh Thomson's Gazelle happy meal in the Masai Mara.
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  • The art of leopard spots.
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  • Heavy rains scratch an instinctive itch and set the Wildebeests in motion. Despite the giant Nile crocodiles that await them, the beasts cross the Mara river in Tanzania's Lamai Wedge in search of greener pastures with tenacity and judicious expediency.
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  • The darling lion cub sneaks a sneaky peek while tethered to Mom for protection and nourishment. Curious little mind with an instinctive desire to explore the world from the safest place in the world!
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  • The King of the Jungle flamboyantly rocks up with style and glamour as the wind runs through his sun-kissed (blonde wavy) locks in the famed Masai Mara. With a no-nonsense, mission-driven demeanor, he heads straight toward his spoils, a fresh Wildebeest carcass.
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  • A coalition of 3 male lions kill a wildebeest and take turns to savor the feast. Shortly after, a clan of 25 spotted hyenas arrive at the sighting. In thug fashion, they circle around the lion in attempts to chase him away and stake claim. The clan strategizes and constantly maneuvers around to intimidate the Kings with their aggressive behavior, eerie whooping calls and constant cackling. No such thing as eating in peace today!
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  • Two zebras merge and transform into a unicorn in the Masai Mara, Kenya.
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  • A pack of hyenas arrive from out of nowhere.  One of the young spotted hyenas curiously pokes through a small window at the Mashatu hide. And in less than two minutes, they just vanished as fast as they arrived.
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  • Burchell's Zebra. Present in the moment, that is NOW.
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  • Baby Tommie learns the art of vigilance and survival while under the watchful presence of Mother in the Masai Mara.
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  • Between the silhouetted elephants and the sunburst, a star is born in the iconic Masai Mara, Kenya.
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  • Death is freedom. And in that freedom, there is peace. Life is harder. The black-backed Jackal carries an Impala lamb to a safe spot to enjoy dinner in peace. The magic of Masai Mara.
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  • Herd of determined Wildebeest take a momentary pause from their long annual migratory journey towards the Sand river which runs through Tanzania's Serengeti and Kenya's Masai Mara.
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  • Masai giraffe chomps at the bits.
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  • Tall, dark and handsome. Shy Bill and also the tallest stork in the world. Despite his solitary tendencies, he, along with his saddle-billed stork family, are endangered. Humans continue to desecrate their homes, the wetlands, with poisonous pesticides at best. And bulldoze over their homes to make room for more humans and their consumption-driven "needs."
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  • Uniquely tall and erect Grevy's Zebra mane. With 80 stripes in all, they identify each individual like fingerprints. The stripes also serve to camouflage as they break up the outline of the zebra, which confuses the predator.
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  • An everlasting bond between Mom and her baby elephant. Mamma Tembo channels her innate maternal instincts - fiercely protective and passionately affectionate. And patiently teaches her kiddo life skills. The one-year old follows Mom after cooling down in a nearby waterhole in Amboseli. The little one knows Mom knows best. Best to follow in Mama's footsteps.
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  • Sonia, built like a tank, also possesses an aggressive attitude to go with her primordial presence.
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  • Leopard conceals her presence with the onset of darkness in the Okavango Delta.
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  • Silence your ego and feed your soul.
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  • *********  Lion on a Ledge. Out of Sight, Reading the Terrain. Cat Alert. Three sub-adult Lions play and chase each other on the tree stump. Sub-adult lions playfully lions compete for the right to be the Queen of the castle.
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  • Mom on the prowl in the famed Masai Mara with her three teenage cubs. Young cheetahs, like all cats, push their own limits and boundaries as they learn to be a cheetah. One of the more curious and adventurous youngsters has a moment of pause before continuing to climb the Shepherd's Tree.
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  • "Healing yourself is connected with healing others." - Yoko Ono
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  • In the presence of The Hyena Queen. Ears up and on alert as she smells a wildebeest carcass in the air around her at Migration Camp, Tanzania.
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  • Lion cub perched on a tree studies his surroundings with intense curiosity.
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  • Intimate moment with an Olive Baboon in Kibale National Park, Uganda.
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  • Gang of meerkats crawl out of their burrow to bask in the warmth of the winter sun and begin their morning activities. The gang scans their neighborhood in all directions to lookout for both prey and predator at the Makgadikgadi Salt Pans.
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  • Cat catwalks across the iconic Masai Mara runway.
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  • Spotted conducting high-tech espionage activity. Well-armed with tools of instinct, she conducts surveillance and gathers intelligence on a herd of delicious Wildebeest enroute to the Mara river.
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  • Grant's Gazelle grants itself freedom to traverse the fields in Lewa, Kenya.
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  • A flock of flamingos hobnob in the early hours of a rhythmic morning at Amboseli National Park.
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  • A towering giraffe glances over to say howdy in the Masai Mara.
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  • Queen Marathodi relaxes with regal elegance on her broken tree trunk throne in Botswana's Okavango Delta.
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  • Cape Buffalo stares down.
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  • Double Double Bighorn Sheep in Yellowstone National Park.
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  • A female cheetah catches her breath after an unsuccessful hunt in the Olare Motorogi Conservancy.
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  • Lion cub plays with careless freedom while under the watchful presence of parents in the Masai Mara.
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  • Armed with a pair of racketeers, Grevy's Zebra stallion listens attentively to the grunts of his nearby stallion companion in Lewa, Kenya. Grevy's have the largest ears of any zebra species.
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  • Unmistakable tail that has plenty of tales to share from the Masai Mara.
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