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Don't touch my prey

We stayed 6 hours at the foot of the tree in the Reserve Masai Mara, Kenya, where Faulu this magnificent female leopard was installed, in the hope that she would leave her branch. Her prey, a Thomson gazelle, was on a branch next to her. She was coming down from her branch to would eat and come back to lie down on her branch, look at us and fall asleep. When she woke up, she would look at us again. It was a moment of privileged contact with this animal and to see them evolve in their environment. A true beauty of nature

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Date Taken: 09.2024
Date Uploaded: 11.2024
Photo Location: Reserve Masai Mara, Kenya
Copyright: © veronique lefrancois