Animals When We're Not Looking

I feel like Yahoo to me, is like Pintrest to most girls (although I do like Pintrest too). I’m just kind of addicted to looking at every article (except for the sports related ones unless it’s a super cool video about a play) and learning about all the things in the world that just happen to be unless pieces of information (most of the time). Anyhoo, every once in a while, Yahoo will have things posted like really cool pictures from all over the world or even just some persons back yard. I’m really interested in photography though and love to look at these. The most recent article/slideshow of pictures are of wildlife in their natural habitats. Most people never get to see these things occur unless a lucky photographer captures it for us. Here are some pictures that I really liked and learned from:

You don’t usually see humans and tigers so close, but at the Tiger Temple, this tame tiger walks alongside tourists all the time. I assumed that this was the mother of the cubs trotting behind but really, its the father. This was a rare day that the cubs got to tag along with their dad.

I’ve watched countless animal planet shows about how mothers teach their babies how to hunt. But mostly, id only seen killer whales in action, trapping seals on blocks of ice and creating waves to push them off but they would just play with the seal and let it go if they were training. Well, same here. These cheetah cubs are learning how to hunt. This poor gazelle happens to be the bait. A photographer watched as a grown female captured but didn’t kill the little gazelle and he knew what was up. She brought the game back to her cubs and released it, letting them chase it down together. When the gazelle was still, the cheetahs didn’t care, but when the gazelle tried to run, instinct took over and the cubs tried to get it.