Mara

Mara

A photograph of a mara roaming free photographed at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire.

Camera: Canon EOS 1100D
Lens: Canon EF75-300mm f/4-5.6
F/Number: f/5.6
ISO: 100

Focal Distance: 300 mm
Shutter Speed: 1/320 sec
Software: Adobe Lightroom Classic
Photographer: Ash Ryan


Roaming free around Whipsnade Zoo grounds are Maras… they are like a cross between a hare/rabbit deer. You can see them everywhere even in the animal closures.

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16 responses to “Mara”

  1. That’s absolutely stunning light

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  2. Interesting Bren, had never heard of such an animal. Is it also somewhere in the middle of the two species in terms of size? Well captured!

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    1. I worked say there size of a medium dog.. head to tail they are about 27-30 inch and weigh about 8-16kg

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  3. Cute – I’ve never seen one

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    1. Me neither… Never heard of them until I went to Whipsnade

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  4. I’ve never seen one before!

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    1. I hadn’t either… there were loads of them roaming freely around the zoo.

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        1. The other animals were not perturbed a bit by them.

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  5. Very lovely, Bren 🙂

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  6. Cute animal and great eye photo

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