Wild Dog Kill/Bandipur

[Praveen Siddannavar]

This is one from my archives and by far the best wildlife moments I ever had of witnessing the entire sequence of 14 wild dogs chasing a spotted deer and finally hunting down in a water body.


Camera - Canon EOS 40D, 100-400mm

Av 5.6
Tv 1/500
ISO 400
Focal length 400mm
Cropped
Date and Time : 7th August 2009 @ 8:50am

[Mrudul Godbole]

Thanks for reposting this natural history moment. One can't get tired watching the old images again. Surely a rare moment.

[Saktipada Panigrahi]

Amazing document for Natural History.I am looking at the eyes of of the predator and the prey.After cornering Jim Corbett, I imagine, the Chowgarh Tigress looked at and smiled at him ,may be,in the same way moments before the bullet struck her.Here the Cheetal is the prey (and not Corbett), its eyes are sending the message -'this time or no time for survival'.
In a forest there is no malice nor remorse.
Thanks for sharing.SaktiWild

[Murugan Anantharaman]

Amazing moment captured Praveen. The look in the eyes of the predator and prey is brilliant. Thanks for sharing.

[Roopak Gangadharan]

I remember this. raw emotion and energy.a great natural history record.

TFS
Roopak