Surveying her territory
Masai Mara, Kenya
Leopards prefer trees to rest on, camouflage themselves and also drag their kill up to protect from other predators. We had waited nearly 2 hours for this female Leopard to come down. She paused on her descent to survey the surroundings and this was the only photograph she allowed us.
Jaguar- Caiman Hunt
Pantanal, Brazil
The Jaguar has one of the most powerful bites in the animal kingdom but the Caiman was so big that this struggle lasted a long time. We had seen this female Jaguar make a failed attempt to hunt an Capybara and as she was walking in the shallows of the river, she accidentally stepped on a giant Caiman and all hell broke lose for the next one hour
Jaguar-Caiman Hunt
Pantanal, Brazil
Fatal embraces don’t get any more lethal as this caiman finds out..The female Jaguar had spent a good deal of time trying to kill this giant Caiman in the river and the real battle was dragging it into the underground
Jaguar-Anaconda hunt
Pantanal, Brazil
In keeping with rare sightings in the Pantanal here’s one more - a female jaguar killing a yellow anaconda! The day already began on a bad note with rain pouring incessantly. We left at 930 am and within minutes we had seen a female jaguar walking along the banks of the Cuiaba river looking for Caiman. Suddenly, there was a bit of a flurry in the bushes and a big yellow Anaconda slithered down the river bank with the Jaguar trying to paw it.
Jaguar-Anaconda hunt
Pantanals, Brazil
The Anaconda was no match for this Jaguar and within 2 minutes, the Jaguar dragged it up the river bank and into the bush for a snaky meal
The Hunt game
Torres Del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
This Puma called “The Sister", gave us a stark reminder of the unforgiving brutal spirit of the wild. She saw a baby Guanaco who was running close to us probably thinking we could save him. But soon she charged at him and brought him down by giving only a light bite on his neck. She allowed him to stand up and run and again brought him down. It had become a game for her and this lasted for 90 minutes. We were left totally numb by what we saw.
Curious Eyes
Torres Del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
A puma mother and her two cubs look at us inquisitively. The high density of Guanacos in the Torres Del Paines NP and surrounding areas in Patagonia has resulted in very high puma densities in the region.
This is my home
Torres Del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
Torres Del Paine is probably one of the best places in South America to photograph the Pumas. The landscape is stunning and its amazing to walk with these big cats on the Estancia bordering Torres Del Paine. But keeping pace with them as they go over hills and valleys is easier said than done especially if you are carrying heavy camera gears. This area remains the best place in the planet to see these magnificient cats. The high density of Guanacos in Patagonia has resulted in very high Puma density in this region.
The ghost of the mountains
Ladakh, India
Over 2 weeks that we were there, a sub adult snow leopard decided to reward us for our undeterred motivation of surviving in the sub zero temperatures. Daily he would come and sit on this huge rock sleeping, eating and guarding his kill
INTO THE LAST WILDERNESS
