[雪兒] 太神奇了!三隻印度豹與小羚羊成為好朋友
當三隻印度豹看到一隻落單的小羚羊,會有什麼事發生?吃掉他嗎?那你就錯了!他們成
了好朋友,而且一起玩起來。什麼時候人類才能像這樣,把動物當成朋友而不是食物看待
?
哈囉,小羚羊,要不要跟我們一起玩呢?
攝影師Michel Denis-Huot去年10月前往非洲旅行時,捕捉到這幾張很有趣的畫面。他說
,當他看到這一幕時,真是大吃一驚。「這三隻豹兄弟在18個月大時就離開母親,自己獨
立生活。那天早上我們看到他們時,他們走得很快,並不時停下來一起玩。然後他們看到
一群黑斑羚羊飛奔而過,但是其中一隻小羚羊跑得不夠快而落單了,三隻豹兄弟很快就追
上他了。」
接下來的畫面很不尋常,三隻豹兄弟跟小羚羊玩了起來,就像家貓在玩毛線球一樣。他們
舔舔他,並用爪子輕摸他的頭。玩夠了之後,小羚羊就道別跑走了。
圖文~
中文 http://tinyurl.com/yb9jstg
英文 http://tinyurl.com/yhasybt
Hello little antelope, would you like to play with us?
Coming from three deadly cheetahs, it's the kind of invitation that's best
refused - but amazingly, this impala escaped unscathed from its encounter.
Luckily for the youngster, it seems these three male cheetahs simply weren't
hungry.
No claws for alarm: Astonishingly, these cheetahs, whose instinct is to hunt
for food, decide to play with this baby impala
No claws for alarm: Astonishingly, these cheetahs, whose instinct is to hunt
for food, decide to play with this baby impala
That's because unlike other big cats, the cheetah hunts in the daytime,
either in the early morning or late afternoon. The bursts of speed needed to
catch their prey tire them out - meaning they need to rest after a kill.
And that seems to be the secret to the antelope's survival, as it's likely it
fell into the cheetahs' clutches when they were already full - and tired out
- from an earlier hunt.
Photographer Michel Denis-Huot, who captured these amazing pictures on safari
in Kenya's Masai Mara in October last year, said he was astounded by what he
saw.
'These three brothers have been living together since they left their mother
at about 18 months old,' he said. 'On the morning we saw them, they seemed
not to be hungry, walking quickly but stopping sometimes to play together.
Sticking your neck out: Oblivious to the danger, the impala appears to return
the affection to the cheetahs
Sticking your neck out: Oblivious to the danger, the impala appears to return
the affection to the cheetahs
New found friends: The new-found friends part with a farewell lick
New found friends: The new-found friends part with a farewell lick
'At one point, they met a group of impala who ran away. But one youngster was
not quick enough and the brothers caught it easily.'
These extraordinary scenes followed, as the cheetahs played with the young
impala the way a domestic cat might play with a ball of string.
Sprint finish: Impala is off the menu as the youngster makes its exit
Sprint finish: Impala is off the menu as the youngster makes its exit
'They knocked it down, but then they lost interest,' said Michel. 'For more
than 15 minutes, they remained with the young antelope without doing anything
other than licking it or putting their paws on the impala's head.'
Even more extraordinarily, this story has a happy ending - after one tense
moment when it looked as though one cheetah would bite the impala on the
neck, the youngster ran away.
Let's hope it didn't tell all its friends how nice those big, scarylooking
cheetahs really are when you get to know them.
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Amazing!>W<~
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