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Published: 2013-10-21 15:32:47 +0000 UTC; Views: 854; Favourites: 70; Downloads: 0
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She has been chewing on a leg bone of some large creature, lost in her task, when something interrupts her, and she looks over her shoulder. "No one will take this from me," she is saying exactly, with a growl. But her sister just might, for it is she who recently gave her a fine swat on the face. Soon she will get up, leave the bone, give her sister a lick on the lips, and lie down by her side for a nap. But the point of the photograph, and the reason for the particular treatment of the file, is that the species is as good as extinct, thanks to all of us who call ourselves humans, and the inability of the cat to adapt to our destruction of it's habitat. Our great great grandchildren will say, "Once upon a time there were cheetahs."Related content
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Beautiful photo. I don't think cheetahs will go extinct any time soon, though. Efforts are made to prevent that. There are plenty of zoos and sanctuary that focus on breeding programs, and the world is more aware of the dangers of extinction than it was in the past. We are still the bad guys though, just not as bad as we were in the past, when we mindlessly killed everything because we could.
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I'll share your optimism then.
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sadly its true . we humans consider ourselves custodians upon animal community
neglecting the fact that they don't need us and that it was us who made their life difficult
anyway , its an Amazing photograph and great description
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Such a powerful image, Rene. I absolutely love how you caught the light in her eye.
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Thanks Erin. It required manual focus, pre-set, as she kept looking back nervously, where the light would be right in her eye. One of her sisters is being bred, which helps stave off extinction, but the gene pool is already reduced, I fear past the tipping point. Good to hear from you.
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Amazing photograph. Really captures the emotion.
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Thank you, Carolyn, I appreciate the comment.
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Thanks.
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And damn they were fast.
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Thanks, Lisa, really glad you liked it. Loved your last poem, and wrote you one in return in the comment to it, from the point of view of a man looking back. Romantic poetry is such a good thing. Keep up the good work.Β
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Thank you very, very much!
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Fantastic picture, so full of emotion and elegance.
But you're right with what you're saying, and that makes me sad...
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Thanks Woodswallow. It makes me sad too, but maybe they were doomed anyway, by virtue of the dominance of lions. Cheethas are, after all, the most ancient of the existing large cats. None the less, there are, to my way of thinking, too many people on the planet for the good of cheetahs. I would prefer the reverse.
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