Animals (Natl. Geo.) Page 6

A close view of the back of an African cheetahs head, Chris Johns

The eyes of an African cheetah glow as twilight falls in the Okavango Delta, Chris Johns

An African cheetah peers out from his perch in a large tree, Chris Johns

A portrait of an African cheetah surrounded by pesky flies, Chris Johns

A portrait of an African cheetah resting in the tall grass, Chris Johns

Portrait of a juvenile African cheetah, Chris Johns

A portrait of an African cheetah, Chris Johns

A portrait of a hungry African cheetah, Chris Johns

A lone African cheetah prowls through the grass as night falls, Chris Johns

A female African cheetah and her cub rest together in the early evening, Chris Johns

A portrait of an African cheetah in the grass, Chris Johns

An African cheetah prowls through the tall grass, Chris Johns

Not even a swarm of flies disturbs an African cheetahs after-dinner catnap, Chris Johns

An African cheetah cools off in a grassy swamp, Chris Johns

A portrait of a wild African cheetah, Chris Johns

A portrait of an African cheetah and her cub relaxing in the sun, Chris Johns

A portrait of an African cheetah looking into the distance, Chris Johns

An African cheetah stares intently at an unseen object, Chris Johns

A trio of zebras silhouetted in an orange mist at sunrise, Chris Johns

A portrait of a juvenile African elephant, Chris Johns

Group of wildebeests running in the dusk, Chris Johns

Wildebeest running over the grassland, Chris Johns

Hippopotamus showing territorial display of mouth-opening, Chris Johns

Hippopotamus showing territorial display of mouth-opening, Chris Johns

Hippopotamus with duckweed on its back, Chris Johns

African elephant walks near high-tension electrical wires, Chris Johns

Crocodile in motion, Chris Johns

Crocodile seen from above, Chris Johns

Baby African elephant taking a sand bath, Chris Johns

Baby African elephant taking a sand bath, Chris Johns

A ten-month-old male leopard cub lies on a rock amid foliage, Chris Johns

Suricates stand alert to danger with their young at their feet, Chris Johns

Silhouette of three giraffes against an intense sunset, Chris Johns

An African cheetah cub shows features of a hunter built for speed, Chris Johns

A group of African cheetahs scan their territory for predators and prey, Chris Johns

An African cheetah and a warthog kick up clouds of dust in a tense confrontation, Chris Johns

A pair of African cheetahs chase each other around a tree, Chris Johns

A domesticated African cheetah shows its natural speed while playing with a soccer ball, Chris Johns

An African cheetah leans on a tourist vehicle while waiting expectantly for food, Chris Johns

A female African lion resting in tall grass, Chris Johns

A portrait of a female African lion, Chris Johns

Portrait of a male African lion, Chris Johns

A portrait of a female African lion standing in tall grass at twilight, Chris Johns

A portrait of a flying hawk, Chris Johns

An Eastern gray squirrel has a meal in the crotch of a tree, Chris Johns

An Eastern gray squirrel stops halfway down a tree trunk, Chris Johns

An Eastern gray squirrel balances on a wire holding a container full of sunflower seeds, Chris Johns

An Eastern gray squirrel in midair, Chris Johns

Distant wildebeests silhouetted against the setting sun, Chris Johns

A view of a pair of black-winged stilts, Chris Johns

A close view of a parrot snake, Joel Sartore

An orphaned black-faced spider monkey named Pulgoso, Joel Sartore

A capuchin monkey, orphaned after poachers killed its mother, sits in a tree, Joel Sartore

A broad-billed mot mot rests on a tree branch, Joel Sartore