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OneofthemostbeautifulmammalsinAfrica,thezebra– thatstrangepaintedhorsewithblackandwhite

stripes– is one of thosecreaturesthat just blowsyour mindwhenyou see one for the very first time.I spent

eightdays in Kenya,and five of thosein the wildlife-richMasaiMara.It was therethat I cameacrossthesetwo

malezebrasin the middleof a fight.I thoughtthey wereinvolvedin somefriendlyplay,but I was wrong.Zebras

are groupedinto haremswherethereis one dominantmalewith manyfemalesand theirfoalsin eachgroup.

All youngermaleswait untilthey are big enoughto starttheirown harems.I soonrealisedthat thesetwo were

fightingto establishtheirsupremacy.The battlebecamevery violent,and one startedto bleed– I couldsee it

had beenbittenon the neckand legs. Theykept on fightingfor a long timeuntil,eventually,the injuredmale

becameexhaustedand ran away,I assumefearingfor his life. It was reallythrillingto witnesssuchan intense

encounter.I was a littlesad to see the animalsget injured,but that’sthe realityof raw nature.

randeep singhlives in Jalandhar City inIndia,andhasvisitedmorethan 75 countries in his quest to photograph wildlife

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Snapshot from Kenya

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