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A mother leopard and her two large cubs feed on a freshly killed impala while spot-lit during a nighttime game drive in Zambia....
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A mother leopard and her two large cubs feed on a freshly killed impala while spot-lit during a nighttime game drive in Zambia.
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Canon EOS 5D Mark III

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Aperture 56/10 ISO 12800 Shutter 1/250 Focal Length 428/1

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Oct, 2016

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