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Khatu

Khatu

Here is a cheetah which never knew her mother. She grew up as a “pet”. The experts said she could never hunt. But she did not listen. Believing in her, she ...
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Here is a cheetah which never knew her mother. She grew up as a “pet”. The experts said she could never hunt. But she did not listen. Believing in her, she was released into the wild. I monitored her every day. And watching her quickly learn to hunt on her own. And she so quickly became one of the fastest hunters I’ve ever seen. Making kill after kill. She is now a completely wild and free cheetah, and soon to be a mother of her own cubs, which I am certain she will raise to be as successful as she is.
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Canon EOS 650D

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Aperture f/7.1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/200 Focal Length 250/1

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Aug, 2020

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