alainloss: Female Leopard eyeing an upper branch
alainloss: Female Leopard effortlessly climbing the trunk
alainloss: First ray of sun on a relaxed female Leopard
alainloss: Gorgeous-looking female Leopard with an immaculate fur
alainloss: Intense gaze
alainloss: The female Leopard repositions itself to get to the Warthog killed during the night
alainloss: The female Leopard hoisted the Warthog kill up a tree to safely enjoy its meal
alainloss: Female Leopard devouring a Warthog leg in the morning golden hour
alainloss: Mealtime in the safety of a tree with Warthog on the menu
alainloss: Whilst Leopards do not have the bone-crushing power of a hyena, they have four long and pointed canine teeth allowing them to bite and pierce with ease
alainloss: Female Leopard biting into the Warthog muzzle
alainloss: A tree is a Leopard's mobile home providing a vantage point, a shelter and a pantry
alainloss: A Leopard climbing agility is unmatched among predators
alainloss: Verreaux's Eagle-owl (Ketupa lactea) with its unique bright pink eyelids
alainloss: Southern Red-billed Hornbill ( Tockus rufirostris)
alainloss: At the end of the dry season the flooded plains have shrunk considerably
alainloss: Bradfield's Hornbill (Lophoceros bradfieldi)
alainloss: Mature African Fish-eagle (Icthyophaga vocifer)
alainloss: African Wild Dog on the lookout
alainloss: The Wild Dogs dispatch the carcass of an Impala killed a few minutes earlier with astonishing speed
alainloss: A young Impala like this one would have been disembowelled and killed almost instantaneously
alainloss: Wild Dog gulping down Impala flesh while being mounted by another male
alainloss: The mounting and humping behaviour among male Wild Dogs is a way to establish social dominance. Typically the youngest adult male will dominate the male dogs.
alainloss: Wild Dog lifting the Impala head as a trophy
alainloss: Wild Dog with bloody face carrying the carcass away
alainloss: All that is left of the Impala carcass is the head, skin and skeleton
alainloss: African Wild Dog tearing meat from the Impala rib cage
alainloss: Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucornus leadbeatari) waiting for its turn at the Impala carcass while the White-backed Vultures feed voraciously
alainloss: Wake of White-backed vultures (Gyps africanus) feeding on the young impala carcass deserted by the wild dogs
alainloss: Southern Ground Hornbills foraging for scraps of food left by the African Wild Dogs