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Of all of Africa’s cats, the cheetah is probably the most lovable. You can get up close and personal and live to tell about it, not true of leopards. While traveling in Namibia and South Africa, we found several sanctuaries that are working to restore the species. I was told that very few actually live in the wild anymore. At a friend’s farm in Namibia, he had two baby cheetah that he had rescued after the mom had been killed. As I recall, he wasn’t sure how she died. He kept them in a pen which I entered and was able to get up close. They didn’t like me in there and spat and hissed at me. But, after a few minutes, they calmed down and just became used to my presence. With a little help from my zoom lens, I was able to capture this Suh-Weet shot of this little guy chilling in the shade.

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It's OK. He wasn't that hungry. Copyright CareerBreakSecrets.com

While with my parents traveling in Namibia and South Africa, we stopped off at a farm near Gobabis, Namibia, owned by family of some of my friends. About a year earlier, they adopted a baby warthog. These things are so ugly, they are cute! Canon was his name and he was so tame. He craved attention and followed me around quite a bit. One bad habit of his, was that he like to gnaw on my feet. He wasn’t trying to eat them. I think it was more of a way to ask for attention. So, after a bit of playing footsy with me, I would rub his course, dry body leading to squeals of delight. Playing with him always made me laugh as you can see in this short clip called ¨Taming a Warthog¨ when I tried to film with him in the shot and he made ME squeal.   Hope you enjoy this week’s Suh-Weet Shot of Canon nibbling on my shoe.

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They may not be the prettiest bird, but ostriches are fun to watch.  Throughout southern Africa you can often see them at the farms eating, hanging out, even making love as we showed you on a previous Rough Cuts video.  These two were filmed in northeast Namibia on a game farm.  They were remarkably tame and couldn’t have been bothered in the least by me.

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While touring around southern Africa, we made a quick stop at a game farm in Namibia owned by some family friends. They had a warthog named Canon that they had raised since he was a baby.  I don’t remember the story, but he was orphaned and raised by the farmers since he was a baby.  He was quite tame and very playful.  I had a thought to get him with me in some promotional shots.  But, Canon had a mind of his own.  So, all I got were outtakes including him chewing on my shoe. Now I understand why they say animals are hard to work with.  Here’s a small bit of me playing with him and trying to get him just to chill and hang out so I could film my piece.

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