17th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Natural World
Tiny Steps

The baby leopard braved all odds to run across to the tree where his mother had kept a topi kill. There were hyenas around him ,but he dashed across but started calling his mother who was up the tree. She just looked at him, he pulled up all his courage and started to climb. Mid way he found it very difficult to climb and was continuously calling his mother for courage. Finally he made it to the top to enjoy his meal. It was such a wonderful scene to see how in Nature the young learn.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 11.2019
Date Uploaded: 11.2019
Photo Location: Kenya
Camera: ILCE-7M3
Copyright: © chandrashekar kalyanasundaram