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Monday, September 3, 2018

In the wild: Cheetah

     Well, pretty close to in the wild. We toured a cheetah rehabilitation facility outside of Johannesburg and to encounter the animals we went through two locked gates into a area of many acres. The cheetahs roam at will. We were in a Land Rover and the only weapon I saw was a stick used by one of the men "riding shotgun".  The animals are relatively tame. 
     At one time, cheetahs were common all over Africa and southern Asia. Not so today. Many are killed by farmers protecting their livestock. 
      One thing that impressed me was that they really are camouflaged. I took the photo above with a point and shoot 35mm camera from around 15 feet away. At a greater distance they are hard to spot.  
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