Scent Marking at Sunset! - a photo on Flickriver

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Cats are very territorial animals. They need to feel safe in their space and they need it to be clear to other cats that they are, in fact, the owner of that space. The best-known feline territory marking behaviour is urine spraying: Males and females,  can spray when they feel the need to plant “no trespassing” signs. 
Scent is used to identify members of the same colony, define territory, create familiarity, announce sexual readiness, learn more about unfamiliar cats in the environment, self-soothe, bond with another, or as a form of covert aggression.

This beautiful male Cheetah, one of the Furious Five brothers was photographed spraying this tree with his urine on a late evening game drive in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.

Taken in: Kenya / Narok / Talel (show map)

Taken on: October 13, 2019

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Camera: Canon EOS-1D X Mark II, f/6.3, 1/500 sec, 338mm, ISO 1250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS-1D X Mark II
Lens:	EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM
Aperture:	f/6.3
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/500)
Focal Length:	338mm
ISO:	1250
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Manual
Exposure Mode:	Manual
Metering Mode:	Center-weighted average
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop 21.0 (Macintosh)
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