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20th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
In My Mother's Arms

It is a tough job for mother cheetah to bring up the cubs usually the cubs are in between 4 to 5 in numbers. It is very hard to keeps these cubs safe from the predictors like lion, hyena, leopard and even a Eagle that can pick them up easily. In every 2 to 3 days the mother has to go and make a kill during this time the mother has to ensure to keep them in secure place until she returns.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2020
Date Uploaded: 11.2022
Photo Location: Kenya
Camera: NIKON D6
Copyright: © THOMAS VIJAYAN