Monthly Archives: October 2012

This bull had just reached up with its trunk as casually as you might reach for an apple from a tree—and then broke the entire limb off so that it could munch on the leaves. Later the whole tree would be uprooted so that the roots could be eaten too.

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Their eyes, eyelashes, convey such personality.

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Fuzzy waz-e? Their facial features really do distinguish them from one another.

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The amazing markings of the zebra–with their white ears on the back….. lingering among the wildebeest…. as seems so common.

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All in one bush: on the lower left a Yellow Fronted Canary, in the middle a Superb Starling, and on the right a Lilac Breasted Roller—each quite stunning.

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The wattled lapwing (a plover).

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We came across a sea of clearly agitated wildebeest. After watching them for a few seconds we saw three cheetah brothers (as we found out) casually cruising through the herd. The sea of wildebeest parted ahead of the band of brothers. The brothers seemed in no hurry and the longer they strolled through the sea, the more agitated the wildebeest got…… and then ……

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The three brothers walked into the herd of wildebeest as if they were just shopping for dinner… in about the same time as it would take a human to make a selection from the meat counter and put it in their basket, they made their selection and ran it down and killed it.

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These guys waste no time whatsoever getting into their work….. basic fast food…..

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No messing around (so to speak) as they team up to rip open the rib cage so that they can access the meat and organs still stuck to the ribs or spine…..

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