December 2019 2019 Download Working her way through the “blues” Late afternoon in the Okavango Delta, this female cheetah and her two cubs were found moving through thick bush that was covered in beautiful small blue flowers. Cheetah - Acinonyx jubatus A cheetah is a cat with a greyhound chassis. It is built for speed, is light boned, swaybacked with long thin legs and a short neck. Cheetah are tawny in colour with small, solid black spots; white underparts, outer tail ringed black and white, black ear backs, lips, nose and distinctive “tear stains”. Cheetahs are specialised predators on the fleetest of plains antelopes. Nikon D5 with 80-400mm f4.5 – 5.6G lens with 1.4 x Teleconverter, effective focal length 550mm, 1/1000 sec @ f11, ISO 720 Photograph by Trevor Woodburn