Category: Animals

With all three of her siblings wiped out by a stampeding herd of buffalo, a morose baby lion cub hitches a lift on her mother’s back. Poignant: The lion cub rests on her mother’s head in the Maasai Mara, Kenya, after her siblings were killed Pick-me-up: The lioness rolled her surviving cub onto her belly…

This is the astonishing moment two angry hippopotamuses brutally attacked each other after the younger animal tried to enter the older bull’s territory. The hippos, which each weigh about 1.5 tonnes, thrashed about with their mouths snarling at each other in a desperate fight for dominance The animals locked heads and thrashed about in the…

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Lуіпɡ in ambush within the cave, the jaguar patiently awaits the opportune moment for the wildebeest to cross the river carelessly, then precisely launches its сһаѕe, swiftly pursuing its ргeу. The jaguar, like photographer Paolo, аmЬᴜѕһed and waited for hours for the moment  the wildebeest crossed the river . However, the purpose of the clouded leopard is not…

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I knew the cheetahs were around so I sat & waited… The cheetah gave chase! I couldn’t believe the photos I had just captured! We arrived at Ratlhogo hide just after 7am and occupied the prime observation spot for the rest of the morning. Apart from some zebra, guinea fowl and impala it was relatively…

*Not for sensitive viewers* This impala fought hard to the bitter end to keep his life, despite the gruesome injuries received from a pack of hungry wild dogs. This impala fought hard to the bitter end to keep his life, despite the gruesome injuries received from a pack of hungry wild dogs. It’s a very…

The late afternoon sun cast long shadows over the African savanna, enveloping the scene in rich hues of gold and ochre. We, a group of enthusiastic wildlife watchers, were on a game dгіⱱe, eagerly scanning the horizon for any signs of the magnificent creatures that inhabit this land. Our guide, Firoz, a seasoned tracker with…

HEARTBREAKING photos reveal the brutality of nature as a mother elephant – stuck in mud – is forced to watch her baby eaten alive by a pack of hyenas. The pair has become stuck in mud in Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe, when Wildlife photographer Jens Cullmann captured the tragic scene. A pack of hyenas…

These stunning pictures show a young leopard in Kenya learning a hard lesson as he tried and failed to pounce on a topi and a zebra. The juvenile leopard was positioned lying perfectly still in the rocks of a waterhole used by potential prey, before launching out at a 150kg topi antelope three times its…