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Thereby hangs a tail: Lion cubs are
fascinated by the swishing
tails of older relatives, even taking an
occasional bite. (Photo Source: CCTV.com)
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BEIJING, Aug. 21 -- For more than a decade, Jonathan and Angela Scott have been
following these majestic beasts across the African plains for the BBC's Big Cat
Diary. But now the future of the top-rated wildlife show is in doubt.
For the first time in 13 years, no new series has been
commissioned and, in a cost-cutting exercise, the film crews who annually
criss-crossed Kenya's Masai Mara have stayed at home.
With no series to film, the Scotts have continued
following the region's big cats - lions, leopards and cheetahs - and have now
produced a book: Stars Of Big Cat Diary.
Scott first pitched his tent in the Mara in 1975 as a
zoology graduate on a backpacking trip. It was there that he met wildlife
photographer Angela and they got married on the dramatic escarpment where the
final scenes for the film Out Of Africa were filmed. Angela Scott took the
amazing photographs shown here.
The couple have a home in Nairobi but spend most of their
time in the endless bushlands of the Masai Mara and the neighbouring Serengeti
plain in Tanzania.
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Love your coat, mum: Mother's on guard,
so Toto the baby cheetah
can relax.(Photo Source:
CCTV.com)
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