Antonio S. Chamorro – April’s Featured Photographer
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- by 29 April 2022

You may have seen the incredible photography of wildlife photographer Antonio S. Chamorro making our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram look especially amazing over the past week or so. Antonio was kind enough to let us share some of his photographs, and the stories behind each of them. We wanted to give these beautiful photographs and stories a forever home, and share the unedited captions that were a bit too long for social media, but perfect for this blog! Enjoy!




Ngao is the son of brave Nashipai and sister of Namelok. Unfortunately, a few weeks after I took this picture, Ngao lost his sister. Presumably, she died in a fight with a lion. Now, young Ngao has to survive alone. The story of this brother and sister shows us the difficulties that cheetahs have to survive to adulthood.

When I took this picture, they already were the Nne Bora, because one cheetah (Olpadan) had left the coalition and they were only four. However, they were still the deadliest. In the image we see how one of the cheetahs was suffocating his victim while the other tries to knock her down. Meanwhile, the other two members of the coalition were doing the same with another topi. Finally the four of them took down two topis. The technique, speed and strength of these cheetahs is something that I don’t think I will ever see again.


A huge thank you to Antonio for letting us showcase his amazing photographs! If you’d like to see more of his work, please visit Antonio’s website or Instagram.
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