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She has had her fill of the impala that she had stashed elsewhere in this tree. Now she is waiting for the two young lions at the base of the tree to move on.
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I am a great fan of big cats, But they need to be treated with the utmost respect.
They not only have very strong jaws but also very sharp teeth, when hunting very large prey, tigers prefer to bite the throat until the prey dies of strangulation. Tigers have one of the strongest bite among big cats. PSI: 950
A human bite is 55 -200 psi
The largest cats in the World! This female is very large, but the males are quite a bit larger, weighing up to 450 kilos with their bodies measuring up to 3.5 meters in length - that's about 12 feet, not counting the tail! They live in northern Asia, and are endangered. Reportedly less than 500 exist in the wild. This impressive animal was photographed in its enclosure in the Greater Vancouver Zoo.
This is Chessie and Seymour at Zoo New England's Stone Zoo in Stoneham MA. Chessie was born at Stone Zoo and Seymour came to Stone Zoo from Tulsa based on the Jaguar SSP recommendation. They are playing here - rough jaguar play at times but playing none-the-less. Seymour is about 50 pounds heavier than Chessie but she is definitely the boss. And she loves to literally walk all over him.
Head of the Moniko pride.
From my latest photographic safari into the Maasai Mara.
Taken in the Olare Motorigi Conservancy, we had wonderful couple of hours with this big boy and his pride.
We have just one place left on our 2016 photographic safari, if you're interested in joining us on a 10 day photographic safari in the stunning