How do you stay alive in a landscape filled with stronger predators, where lions or hyenas will kill your offspring, and jackals or vultures will steal your food? You keep moving.
如果在你的生活環境中，到處都是更強的捕食者，獅子土狼會殺死你的孩子、胡狼和禿鷲會搶走你的食物，你該如何求生存呢？答案是不斷的遷徙
Binti, a new mother, gently nabs one of her ten-day-old cubs by the scruff of the neck. Although mother and cub are protected from human harm in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve, they must still combat a harsh world.
剛當了媽媽的Binti輕輕從頭部咬起一隻十天大的寶寶。儘管這對母子在肯亞的Masai Mara國家保護區內無需擔心人類的傷害，但它們還是必須于一個險惡的世界做鬥爭。
Protector, provider, and nurturer, a mother cheetah's life revolves around her cubs. Most cheetahs on East Africa's plains do not live to see adulthood, and it's mother's job to help her offspring beat the odds. Photographers Anup and Manoj Shah documented the growing family of one female cheetah (above, with first set of cubs) in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve. They call her Amani, the Swahili word for "peace."
豹媽媽是孩子的保護者、供養者，也是哺育者，母豹的一生就繞著自己的孩子打轉。東非平原上的獵豹大多活不到成年，因此提高後代生存機會也就成了母親的天職。攝影師Anup與Manoj Shah記錄了肯亞Masai Mara國家保護區的一隻母獵豹（與她的第一窩小豹）成長中的家庭。他們將她取名為Amani，在斯瓦希裏語中是“平靜”的意思
A fluffy gray mantle and patches of tall grass help a cub hide on the open savanna. If a lion discovers a cheetah's lair, it will kill the cubs, so the mother cheetah constantly moves her family.
在遼闊開放的熱帶草原上，小獵豹可以憑藉身上蓬鬆的灰色毛皮隱藏在長長的草叢中。獵豹的窩一旦被獅子發現，獅子就會殺死小豹，因此豹媽媽總是不斷地搬家。
A Thomson's gazelle falls victim to Amani, who now must find cover to protect her meal. A kill in plain view can attract scavengers—lions, hyenas, jackals, and vultures. The wide-open spaces on Kenya's grassy plains provide ample room for a high-speed chase: Cheetahs can easily outrun an ungulate, but gazelles make sharp quick turns that outmaneuver a cat sprinting at top speed. Cheetahs catch their targets about half the time.
一隻湯姆森瞪羚落入了Amani爪下，如今的Amani必須找地方把自己的食物藏起來，平原上的殺戮很容易引來腐食動物——例如獅子、土狼、胡狼和禿鷲等。開闊的肯亞草原，為高速追逐提供了充裕的空間：獵豹能夠輕易的追上一般的有蹄類動物，但瞪羚的急轉彎卻勝過獵豹的高速奔跑。因此，當獵豹進行追捕時，他們的勝算只有一半。
Cheetahs get drenched during Kenya's wet season, when clouds open up over the open plains. When the weather clears, this adult cheetah shakes off the excess water and waits for fur to dry.
在肯亞的濕季，草原上下氣傾盆大雨，此時的獵豹會被淋成落湯雞。當天氣轉晴，這只成年的獵豹會甩掉身上多餘的水分，等待晾幹毛皮
A cub's playful antics don't distract mother cheetah from scanning the plains for threats—or a meal. Finding and securing food requires a day's worth of energy and constant surveillance, a highly honed hunting tactic Amani will teach her young so they can survive on their own.
獵豹媽媽掃視著平原尋找威脅者或獵物的蹤影，絲毫不因小豹的頑皮動作而分心。想找到並取得食物，往往需要耗費一整天的精力，而且需要毫不懈怠地注視週遭，Amani會把這種高度磨練的打獵技巧傳授給自己的孩子，以讓他們將來能夠自立生活。
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