Striking….
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Monthly Archives: November 2012
We saw many like this one: bad legs, vulnerable…….
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At one end of life’s continuum, this older wildebeest has been left (or kicked out) to be alone, solitary, vulnerable. It will die or be eaten alone…..
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This baby gazelle has survived the most difficult part—the first few days—as it builds strength, so comes the speed and agility to out maneuver and out run the many things that would rather just eat it….. right now it remains pretty vulnerable.
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Girl’s day out with the moms and the cubs….. and nervous zebra and wildebeest looking on.
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On the prowl or on patrol? Actually, it looked more like training sessions for the three cubs in attendance……
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She takes a drink…..
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These two beautiful (in the eyes of the beholder) warthogs have paired up…… you can see the warts on the sides of their heads from which their names derive…..
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Even the prospect of rain….. something in the air, sets all the critters into flirtation and display mode. Here these African Crested Cranes were all jumping about, each male trying to look more grand, more conspicuous, more appealing, than the others. The females didn’t really seem all that interested in any of them—which, of course, made the males jump about even more. Sort of like sports events…….
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Recall the pictures of the Secretary Bird? You may recall the skinny neck, tail feathers stretched straight out back, and the ungainly posture. Well, that was when they weren’t in hot pursuit of a new girlfriend….. Now, in display mode, the neck is about 3 times bigger, the tail is straight up, and proud as …. A peacock. He had his territory staked out and as we watched him strutting about, we saw no reluctant virgins in the neighborhood…… poor fellow (at least for now).
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