05/03/2020
Since Rosetta raised her offspring, we have not often seen her because she has chosen hard-to-reach parts of the Reserve. Therefore, it was nice to see her on May 1 with impressive kill – being a very efficient hunter, she caught a big Grant’s gazelle male. Sometimes cheetahs do not start eating immediately, waiting for a convenient time when there will be no kleptoparasites around. Rosetta waited more than an hour before eating. Nobody disturbed her (there were no hyenas nearby), and even the jackal did not dare to come close. After eating a large amount of meat, the cheetah may not hunt for three days. Her three sub-adult cubs have been continuing to master the Mara for a month and a half, and recently we observed them more than 20 km from the place where the female had left them. Based on their skills and characters, the Mara stakeholders named two males Ruka (Jump) and Rafiki (Friend), and the young female – Risasi (Bullet).
