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An Unlikely Friendship

An Unlikely Friendship

A rare chance encounter with an elusive serval cat and a black-backed jackal - an unheard of event. These two seemed to be completely comfortable with each oth...
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A rare chance encounter with an elusive serval cat and a black-backed jackal - an unheard of event. These two seemed to be completely comfortable with each other and seemed to have no idea that they weren't supposed to like each other!
Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania, East Africa
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camera

NIKON D850

settings

settings

Aperture f/6.3 ISO 2500 Shutter 10/16000 Focal Length 6000/10

location

location

Tanzania

upload_date

Jun, 2021

Views

67

Likes

+14

Awards

Absolute Masterpiece

Peer Award

Magnificent Capture

Top Choice

Virtuoso

Emotions

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Ultimate

Incredible capture. I wish we could all learn from these two.

Fun capture and nicely done!\.

Platinum

One in a million shots. Almost unbelievable talk about cat and dog.. Isn't nature wonderful... Why can't people do the same??? Wonderful find.

PRO

Wow...what a lucky and unusual sighting!! Amazing capture!!!

Platinum

Love the looks on both faces

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