YLove Big Cats
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Playing with lion cubs…
Kevin Richardson appears to have found a way to approach African lions in total security. Today, we can see him with a lionness which let hime handle her cubs. Don’t try this at home. Or with your own Fido, not with Nala…
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The Giant American Cheetah was not fast, but powerful
You certainly heard about the American Cheetah, this long-lost fossil of a cheetah which was living in North America up to about three million years ago. While the term calls images of a slender speeding cat, it seems that this was more a Giant Cheetah than a Cheetah. The Miracinonix genus was made of two…
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Traffic delays at Kruger Park
Traffic jams are always a bit difficult to manage, but those ones…
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You never saw a cheetah run like that
Actually, the Cincinnati Zoo posted a video of Savanna, a cheetah. But the camera was… on the shoulders of the cheetah. Bumpy ride at full speed, but nice to see.
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A cheetah plays in the snow!
This is not usual: A cheetah playing in fresh snow. Not more common: A cheetah playing with a dog. But it was in a zoo…
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An American dentist killed Cecil the lion
Once upon a time, there was in Zimbabwe a lion known of nearly all the country: Black mane, Cecil. This lion was killed by a “poacher”. It was lurd out of the safety of the reserve where it was protected (Hwange National Park), then seriously wounded by a poisoned arrow, and finally shot by the…