Protector, provider, and nurturer, a mother cheetah's life revolves around her cubs. Most cheetahs on East Africa's plains do not live to see adulthood, and it's mother's job to help her offspring beat the odds. Photographers Anup and Manoj Shah documented the growing family of one female cheetah (above, with first set of cubs) in Kenya's Masai Mara National Reserve. They call her Amani, the Swahili word for "peace."
豹妈妈是孩子的保护者、供养者,也是哺育者,母豹的一生就绕着自己的孩子打转。东非平原上的猎豹大多活不到成年,因此提高后代生存机会也就成了母亲的天职。摄影师Anup与Manoj Shah记录了肯尼亚Masai Mara国家保护区的一只母猎豹(与她的第一窝小豹)成长中的家庭。他们将她取名为Amani,在斯瓦希里语中是“平静”的意思。