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  • Cheetahs have distinctive black "tear tracks" running from the inside corner of each eye to the mouth, which may serve as an antiglare mechanism for daytime hunting.
  • A cheetah lying in grass, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • A cheetah family, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • Two cheetahs playing, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • A cheetah family, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • Though sometimes a male will accompany a female for a short while after mating, the cheetah is basically a solitary animal. Females are generally alone or with their cubs.
  • Cheetahs are built for speed: Long, slim, muscular legs, a small, rounded head set on a long neck, a flexible spine, a deep chest, special pads on its feet for traction, and a long tail for balance.
  • Two cheetahs playing, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • Two cheetahs playing, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • A male lion lying in tall grasses, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Lions prey on big herbivores like antelopes, wildebeest, and zebra, but are also known to take carrion.
  • Lions spend much of the day resting, then become active hunters in the late afternoon and evening.
  • Lioness with cubs, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A male lion holding its prey in his mouth, Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
  • Male lion, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A male lion in tall grasses, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Lions have a low build and a short, tawny coat with white underparts. The tip of their tail is black.
  • Serengeti lions tend to have short, ragged manes — probably because for many years lions with beautiful, long manes were frequently hunted.
  • A male lion lying in the grass, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • The greater Serengeti ecosystem contains between 1000 and 2000 cheetahs, the second largest surviving population.
  • A cheetah in Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • Two cheetahs, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • Cheetahs can be hard to spot, lying low in the grass.
  • A cheetah stretching, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • Elephants in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A cheetah standing on a tree branch, Seregenti National Park, Tanzania
  • Elephants in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Unlike Asian elephants, both male and female African elephants have tusks.
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A herd of elephants in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Elephants in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A herd of elephants crossing water in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Elephants are the largest land animals, and when healthy have no natural predators.
  • An elephant in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • An ostrich in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Giraffes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Giraffes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Giraffes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Giraffes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A rhinoceros on the plain in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A baboon sitting on a rock in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • One baboon grooming another in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Baboons on a road in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A black-backed jackal in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A hippopotamus in water, Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A herd of hippopotami in water in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
  • A herd of hippopotami in water in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania
  • A herd of hippopotami lounging in the dirt in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A gazelle lying in the grass in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A herd of gazelles in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Gazelles are a plains-living species of antelope.
  • Crowned cranes in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A herd of zebras in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A zebra grazing on the plain in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Zebras often stand close together in groups, using their stripes to confuse predators.
  • A bird sitting on zebra in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A zebra grazing on the plain in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Zebra and deer running in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Wildebeests in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A wildebeest in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Wildebeests in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • Wildebeests and zebras roughly follow the same migratory path out of and back into the Serengeti plains in search of food and water each year.
  • Deer in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A fox in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A lilac-breasted roller sitting on a branch in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A deer running across a plain in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A herd of gazelles on the alert in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A warthog in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A crocodile lying in wait in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A kori bustard in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
  • A rooster in Cape Coast, Ghana
  • Goats in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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Album Description:

The explore team goes on safari to Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to see the mighty lion and speedy cheetah in action.

Tanzania
Tanzania
Location:
Ngorongoro Crater; Serengeti National Park
Date:
July 2005
Grants Awarded:
African Wildlife Foundation - Tanzania ($450,000)
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