Big Cats and Film-making in the Maasai Mara
The following photos were all taken
on the Big Cats trip in April 2004
(all photos
© Piers
Warren 2004)
![]() Our first lion - a fine male |
![]() Warren's vehicle in action |
![]() Our first cheetah - a large female |
![]() Masai giraffe |
![]() Lionesses feeding on a hippo carcase |
![]() Even hippo lips taste good |
![]() Crowned Cranes |
![]() A pair of ostriches |
![]() Saddle billed stork |
![]() Lilac-breasted roller |
![]() Picnic time |
![]() Bark of the picnic tree |
![]() One of Kike's cubs on Warren's car |
![]() Re-arranging the tarpaulin... |
![]() All the cubs want a better view - so does Nancy |
![]() John on our nature walk |
![]() Tracy finds a locust (not the one Nancy sat on!) |
![]() Mama Cheetah (Susan) gets horny (sorry) |
![]() Whistling acacia thorn (gall) |
![]() Kike and cubs set upon a Thompson's gazelle |
![]() Hyaenas grab a sleeping topi |
![]() Within seconds it is overpowered by more hyaenas - ripping at its belly while it still struggles |
![]() Vultures arrive within minutes |
![]() After about 10 minutes it's all over - the only sign being a blood-stained patch of grass |
![]() Maasai village visit - the women greet us with songs |
![]() The men greet us with dance |
![]() Stick and cow dung hut |
![]() Mike (chief's son) inside a hut explaining how they live |
![]() Maasai children - who's watching who? |
![]() A young girl in her doorway |
![]() The group |
![]() The plane back to Nairobi |
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