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Female Cheetah (Addison)

Female Cheetah (Addison)

Addison is a mother-raised cheetah at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. As such, she barely tolerates humans. As you can see, she is not too happy being watched by...
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Addison is a mother-raised cheetah at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. As such, she barely tolerates humans. As you can see, she is not too happy being watched by me from about 2 meters away. Her tongue flicked out just as the shutter opened and was back in before the shutter closed. That gives a sense of how still she was. She hissed and scampered off shortly after this shot. I scampered off, too, with less hissing.
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NIKON D600

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Aperture f/5.6 ISO 400 Shutter 10/130 Focal Length 3000/10

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Feb, 2015

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