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of his scales. Black throat monitor lizard (Varanus albigularis albigularis), a native of Africa. Photo by Frank
ate twice in the past week and is somewhat mellow. "Dozer is a Black throat monitor lizard (Varanus albitularis albigularis). His kind are native to sub-Sahara Africa. Check the "Dozer" tag for more pictures and his story. Photo by Frank
The bush this Anna's was guarding was 8 feet tall and round and in full bloom. It made for an easy day of sipping nectar and taking siestas while airing out its feathers.
Garden at Lake Merritt, Oakland,CA
Dozer is an imposing French Mastiff.
He was directing his Master from the back of a Harley edition F-Series truck.
So we saw this couple having a wee snooze on top of a hill in the central plateau of Mauritius. I'd been looking forward to seeing some monkeys, and I wasn't let down. It was the only place we saw them, but it was right by a car park near a Hindu temple. Very convenient and considerate of them to wait there. She obviously wasn't bothered by the (really quite loud) chanting coming from the temple itself.
As I say, they were sitting right by the road, but I had to get quite close to take this picture. The only lens I had with me was my 24-70mm and this is fully zoomed in. I was rather nervous I was getting too close, and she was going to jump and I was going to end up a victim of a monkey attack, but she resolutely dozed on. I ended up more worried by the slightly bigger chap who was wandering up and down, presumably keeping an eye on me.
For context, the adults were about two and a half feet tall - probably not animals you want to make think you're threatening their babies.
This guy was hanging out with another giant bull--"Big boy" from farther down on my photostream. I guess the guys like to hang out with each other when it's not mating season. When I was in the Park in August, some males were beginning to rut, and I saw one bull with a harem of 19 females all to himself already, but most of the elk were just concentrating on eating and sleeping, resting up from a rough winter. Yellowstone National Park.