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The World of The Sabertooth

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Jonathan and Mauricio Anton combine their extensive knowledge and artistry to bring the Sabertooths back to life through their first hand experience of modern day big cats.

Jonathan loses sight of lioness hunting

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Jonathan loses sight of a lioness which is using his car as a blind as Honey the cheetah looks on.  Fortunately, for Honey and the cubs, the target is an injured wildebeest in what will be one of the easiest kills the pride will make.

Breakfast in the Bush

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Behind the scenes with Jonathan & Angie, & Dan Chung, while they wait for action with Notch & The Boys.  Get Jonathan’s secret recipe for homemade yogurt and learn how to make a good cup of coffee, while in a landcruiser beside a smelly hippo carcass. Breakfast in the bush. from The Big Cat People [...]

Jonathan & Angie photograph Notch & the gang eating a hippo

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Over the course of several days, Jonathan & Angie sit with Notch and his boys, while they eat and guard a large hippo carcass. In following clips you will see how, come rain or shine, friend or foe, The King of Beasts will not give up his ownership of the carcass. Jonathan & Angie photograph [...]

How to change a tyre in the dark!

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Jonathan & Angie encounter a small problem on the way home to camp one night. It is dark and has been a long day, but there will be no dinner or hot showers unless a flat tyre is changed.  Luckily friends from camp are nearby to help.  So, with a torch and all the kit [...]

Introducing Notch & the Boys

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The Lion King has nothing on these lions! There has never been a coalition of males quite like Notch and The Boys. Notch is the ‘Big Daddy’ of lions, one of the most successful pride males that we have ever had the pleasure of watching. He is twelve years old and past his prime but you [...]

Masai dancing in the Mara

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With their eye-catching costumes and colourful ceremonies the Masai of East Africa have traditionally lived side-by-side with the wild animals out on the African savannas, following the pattern of the rains in search of fresh grazing for their livestock. They have always relied on their cattle, goats and sheep to sustain them, constructing flat-topped, loaf-shaped [...]

Zawadi and Malaika

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Zawadi is 16 years old and our favourite leopard. She is Half-Tail’s daughter and her territory includes ‘Leopard Gorge’ a magical place among the acacia woodlands beyond the Reserve boundary. We have been coming to the Gorge for more than 30 years and Angie always says that: ‘If ever God wanted to create a special [...]