MAMA CHEETAH

The Serengeti, March 2025. Mama Cheetah has two cubs to feed and protect – her mate is long gone, she and her cubs are alone. She must find something for them and herself to eat – but can’t be on the hunt for long, as hungry hyaenas and jackals would love to love to eat her cubs.  And when she comes back with a fresh kill like a small gazelle, they all must eat it quickly before a skulk of jackals shows up to steal it.

It’s wonderful to watch how she cares for the cubs, giving them tongue baths, letting them tumble and crawl over her in play.  But these moments don’t last. Soon enough, she’ll be scanning the horizon, watching for any danger to her children, eager to be on the hunt again.

To see Mama Cheetah for yourself on the plains of the Serengeti, come with Rebel and me next March.  (Glimpses of Our Breathtaking World #304 photo ©Jack Wheeler)