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Cheetah Plains

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It took 4 million years of evolution for the cheetah to become the exceptional animal it is today and only 100 years for man to place it on the endangered list. Now the fastest land animal in the world is losing its most important race: the race for survival. At the turn of the 20th century, an estimated 100,000 cheetahs lived throughout Africa and in parts of the Middle East and Central Asia. Today there are just 7,500 cheetahs left and South Africa is home to fewer than 1,000 of these majestic cats.

These two sub-adult cheetahs were patrolling their territory with their mom near the Cubitje Quap waterhole in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa...

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MidgarZolom's avatar
The atmosphere of this picture is really neat. Definitely one of my favorites of yours.