I have a lot of sorting to do in the photo department, but I wanted to share a small sampling of some of the better animal photos I took over the last 2 weeks.
These animals are from the Chobe Game reserve, where, among other things, 50,000 elephant live.
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Three pied kingfisher on the lookout for their next meal.
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Kudo and crocodile co-existing, for now....
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| Birds really do hang out on the backs of large herbivores... |
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Elephant and egret
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| Cape buffalo walking to breakfast. Due to their hide and horns, we were told that they are very difficult to kill. We didn't try. |
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| Warthogs are built with front legs too long to allow for standing and feeding at the same time...so they kneel to eat. |
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| They say that you should never get between a hippo and the water, as they have poor eyesight, and are prone to a short temper....we were. |
The cats are from Deception Valley Lodge:
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| Lion cubs saying "hi" to Mom after returning from her long night of hunting |
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Lion cub practicing his hunting skills on naive tourists
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| Female leopard crossing the road after her hunt was interrupted, by tourists |
These are from Nxamaseri in the Okavango Delta:
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| A bee eater looking for dinner before sunset, while perched in the reeds |
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| A fish eagle attempting to snag a meal, sadly, unsuccessfully |
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Yawning male hippo. Note the teeth.
These pictures are from a place I won't mention, because rhinos are being killed off at a rate of at least2 per day. If it continues, they estimate that rhinos will be extinct in less than a decade. They are magnificent animals. This one, a male, weighs more than 3 tons and stood taller than my car. |
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