Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_01_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_01_xl.jpg October 2004 Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1D Mark II; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Cheetah mother and three months old cub, named Duma and Shakira. A cheetah mother struggles to raise her cubs in places like the Masai Mara, where there are lot of lions and hyenas, who will kill the cubs and steal the mother’s kill whenever the opportunity arises. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_02_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_02_xl.jpg March 2005 Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1D Mark II; EF17-35mm f/2.8L USM 16 months old adolescent male cheetah standing on the bonnet of our safari vehicle. Cheetah cubs become accustomed to vehicles from the earliest age and love to play hide and seek beneath them. As they become more confident, they will often clamber up onto the spare wheel at the back of the vehicle or eventually on to the bonnet or roof. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_03_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_03_xl.jpg October 2007 Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Male cheetah, bloody faced from a fresh wildebeest kill that he and his two brothers had just made. Cheetahs face tough competition in places like the Masai Mara, due to the high numbers of lions and hyenas. This is why the cheetah is looking alert – watchful for signs of approaching danger. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_04_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_04_xl.jpg October 2008 Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1D Mark III; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Notch, deposed pride male from the Marsh Pride, in a face-off with one of his younger relatives (three and a half years old male) over dominance. Lions are so powerful and well equipped with tooth and claw that, where possible, they prefer to settle their differences by threat and intimidation, rather than actually fighting. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_05_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_05_xl.jpg October 2008 Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1D Mark III; EF500mm f/4L IS USM New born elephant – just hours old and barely able to stand unaided – trying to find its mother’s breast/milk. Elephant calves stay within metres of their mother for the first few months, bonding closely with her. Females generally remain with the family group they are born in for life. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_06_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_06_xl.jpg September 2006 Mara Triangle, Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1D Mark II; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Two six-month-old cheetah cubs playing in a desert date tree (Balanites aegyptiaca). Cheetahs can climb – but not so well as leopards – and trees such as this one sometimes allow cheetahs to escape when threatened by hyenas or even lions. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_07_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_07_xl.jpg December 2007 Oman EOS-1D Mark III; EF24-105mm f/4L IS USM Traditional camel race in Oman, during the Muslim festival of Eid. Two men would compete alongside each other down a track carved out of the desert, riding neck to neck trying to stay together while racing at full tilt. In this instance, a young novice rider practices alone, in preparation for the day when he will be considered competent enough to race. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_08_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_08_xl.jpg September 2006 Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1Ds Mark II; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Lions mating. The female is threatening the male with an open-mouthed display of aggression, forcing him to back away. Lions mate repeatedly for up to a week when a lioness is in oestrus. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_09_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_09_xl.jpg August 2005 Katmai National Park, Alaska EOS-1V; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Coastal brown bears competing over a fish during the salmon run. The larger male bear had caught a fish and was challenged by the smaller female for possession. The male easily dominated his smaller rival by simply pushing her aside with one huge paw, never for a moment releasing his prize. Jonathan & Angela Scott ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/_medium/ja_10_xl.jpg ./files/ambassadors/jonathan_angela_scott/_showcase/ja_10_xl.jpg October 2007 Masai Mara, Kenya EOS-1D Mark III; EF500mm f/4L IS USM Ten weeks old lion cub being greeted by one of its older relatives, early morning in the Leopard Gorge. The little cub had just been suckling when another lioness came over and gave it a lick in greeting.