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Mother & her two sub adults awaken from their slumber, on high alert for the morning hunt as the light grows & the temperature soars
This photograph is not in the public domain and may not be embedded or used on websites, blogs, or in other media without advance permission from Bruce Finocchio.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
July-August 2019
Parc National Kruger, Afrique du Sud
juillet-août 2019
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This is a composite image made from photos I took in different places (the background was taken in Brussels' Central Station, the animal is an elephant I captured in Kenya). This picture is part of my series titled "Wild Animals Downtown". I wanted to generate a surreal atmosphere with a clean and unexpected composition (Every graphic element you see in my Flickr gallery comes from my own stock/production)
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Always Be a Beginner to See
A poem by Peter S. Quinn
You, always be a beginner to see
The runaway in motions close from you
The street's not empty if there is a tree
Shadowing your footsteps from the sky blue
Each of your moments is nearly not fed
Like rain bowing colours in cyberspace
The prism of few: yellow, purple, blue, red
Coming and visiting each of your place
Come see a few pictures there in your mind
Experience passing longitude in line
If I'm not wrong and you're not colour-blind
It's hard all those shades clearly to define
Closed book gets open a guide to the way
How you each moment meet with a new day.
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The poem appeared on www.poemhunter.com/peter-s-quinn
Ein Leopard im Moremi-Wildreservat (Okavangodelta, Botswana).
A Leopard in the Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta, Botswana).
Éléphants d'Afrique : Loxodonta africana
Les éléphants sont les plus grands animaux terrestres au monde. Avec un poids allant jusqu’à 6 tonnes, l’éléphant d’Afrique est le plus imposant tandis que l’éléphant d’Asie, plus petit, peut peser jusqu’à 5 tonnes.
Leur trompe, une extension de leur lèvre supérieure et de leur nez, est utilisée pour communiquer et attraper divers objets, au-delà de leur permettre de s’abreuver et de s’alimenter.
L’autre caractéristique notable des éléphants se situe au niveau de leurs larges oreilles qui, en plus de leur fonction auditive, permettent de refroidir le corps.
Quant aux défenses, larges incisives modifiées se développant tout au long de la vie de l’éléphant, elles sont utilisées pour se battre, creuser, se nourrir ou bien se repérer. Hélas, celles-ci attirent la convoitise des braconniers pour alimenter un insatiable appétit d’ivoire causant la mort de 20 000 à 30 000 éléphants chaque année…
Les populations d’éléphants ont chuté dramatiquement aux 19ème et 20ème siècles. Sur le continent africain, l’espèce compte aujourd’hui environ 415 000 individus (contre 3 à 5 millions au début du 20ème siècle).
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Répartition / Habitat
En Afrique (37 pays) : Afrique centrale (Cameroun, Tchad, Gabon etc.), Afrique de l’Est (Ethiopie, Kenya, Ouganda, etc.), Afrique australe (Botswana, Mozambique, Afrique du Sud, etc.) et Afrique de l’Ouest (Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinée, Togo)
Dans les forêts tropicales et subtropicales humides de feuillus, les savanes et zones herbeuses inondées, la région boisée du Miombo et les savanes d’acacias
Population
Éléphants d'Afrique : 415 000 individus environ
Taille
En moyenne, 3,3 m pour les éléphants d’Afrique
Poids
En moyenne, 5 à 6 tonnes pour les éléphants d’Afrique
Régime alimentaire
Herbivore : se nourrit principalement de plantes et ponctuellement de fruits. Son régime varie considérablement selon les régions parcourues (des forêts équatoriales aux steppes) et selon les périodes de l’année.
Statut
Éléphant de savane d’Afrique (Loxodonta africana) : en danger d'extinction (UICN)
Éléphant de forêt d’Afrique (Loxodonta cyclotis) : en danger critique d’extinction (UICN)
Tarangire - Tanzanie
Février 2024
my "girlfriend" Ice scanning the bushes for prey. Shortly after that she disappeared in the tall grass.
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2011
This young leopard had it's pray hidden up the tree but was trying to get down past the waiting Hyaena probably to get back to his mom.
Shot was taken with Nikon D7100 plus Nikon 70-200mm 2.8 VR wide open.
somewhere in Africa a Rhino will be slaughtered by poachers for his hair (horn)!
Save the Rhino!
All rights reserved. © Thomas Retterath 2014
A big pride killed that elephant the night before. We just arrived after the main dish, but everyone was havin a little desert.
That one lion, lying on top of the carcass was a bit scary of water and tried to stay as dry as he could... I have some nice pictures of him, trying to balance over the tusk to get to the land without wet paws.
The Queen of Lookout Hill was up early in the morning, sitting in the grass at a vantage point; looking down into the valley contemplating what to get for breakfast for the rest of the pride.
Photographed early in the morning at Lookout Hill in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
Since the premiere of the Lion King in 1994, over half of the numbers of lions have disappeared. With fewer than 25.000 individuals in Africa now, they are listed as 'vulnerable' by the IUCN.
The cause of this huge decline is the loss of habitat, poaching and food shortage. The latter is mainly due to the trade in 'bushmeat', as a result that there isn't enough food left for the lions and they are forced to prey on cattle. With all its consequences...
Ein Leopard im Moremi-Wildreservat (Okavangodelta, Botswana).
A Leopard in the Moremi Game Reserve (Okavango Delta, Botswana).
One of the lionesses of the Cheli Pride of lions rests in a quiet location in the north-west part of the Mara North Conservancy.
After Makhomsava had devoured the scrub hare that she caught and killed in front of us, she carefully peeked out from behind the bough of the tree in which she sought refuge from a hyena, surveying the scene to determine whether it was safe to descend.
With his camouflage, spotted pattern, and a body and muscular evolved for ambush, if you happen to be prey, most often you don't even know who has been watching you before it's all too late.
This Leopard we only spotted thanks to a few other vehicles before us having seen him climb up the tree and resting down for the day. Even though, it took a bit of pointing out and searching with Binos, before we could make him out between all the branches and leaves.
We were fortunate, in that he kept moving around a little to find a more comfortable spot, so I managed a small series of good spots - it was a tough decision of which of these I'd like to display on Flickr and in the end decided on 2 :)
Seeing Leopards is always special. Never taken for granted, and always in the full knowledge of the presence of a Predator that would have no qualms in shelving us in their prey repertoire, given the chance. I don't think I have any such rush of emotions when watching a Lion Pride, or a Cheetah family... purely irrational, and purely emotional and I cannot explain it, but there it is.
Löwen im Savuti Game Reserve (Chobe-Nationalpark, Botswana).
Lions in the Savuti Game Reserve (Chobe National Park, Botswana).
Actually, the value of an image is always totally relative...
This photo will never win a photography competition, but for me it's a must of ‘my Africa’.
It was taken a few years ago in Ndutu (southern Serengeti); late in the afternoon, with only our jeep around, a typical tropical shower and a repeated call roar in the distance.
Memorable experience for those who love wildlife!
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This lioness was the boss of a large female lion pack. The pack consisted of 3 adult lionesses and about 12 young lions.
I loved the curious expression of this young tiger, such beautiful eyes!
Texture by Skeletalmas - thank you.
Since we have seen a small group of old buffalos the day before we didn’t expect to see such a big herd of them. We estimated this group at about 1500. It took us ages to get through them while they were crossing the road we wanted to take. But I enjoyed it very much that we got stuck ;)
If you want to see the other images of my trip through southern Afrika please see my Flickr album: "Southern Africa 2014".
The African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) is a large African bovine. It is not related to the slightly larger wild water buffalo of Asia and its ancestry remains unclear. The African buffalo is not an ancestor of domestic cattle and is only related to other larger bovines. Syncerus caffer caffer, the Cape buffalo, is the typical subspecies, and the largest one, found in South and East Africa. The adult buffalo's horns are its characteristic feature; they have fused bases, forming a continuous bone shield across the top of the head referred to as a "boss".
They are widely regarded as very dangerous animals, as they gore and kill over 200 people every year. Owing to its unpredictable nature, which makes it highly dangerous to humans, the African buffalo has never been domesticated, unlike its Asian counterpart, the water buffalo. Other than humans, African Cape buffaloes have few predators aside from lions and are capable of defending themselves.
Being a member of the big five game, the Cape buffalo is a sought-after trophy in hunting.
Photographed in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve, Kenya.
The gestation period of a white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) is 16 months. A single calf is born and usually weighs between 40 and 65 kg. Calves are unsteady for their first two to three days of life. When threatened, the baby will run in front of the mother, which is very protective of her calf and will fight for it vigorously. Weaning starts at two months, but the calf may continue suckling for over 12 months. The birth interval for the white rhino is between two and three years. Before giving birth, the mother will chase off her current calf. White rhinos can live to be up to 40–50 years old.
Adult white rhinos have no natural predators (other than humans) due to their size and even young rhinos are rarely attacked or preyed on due to the mother's presence and their tough skin. One exceptional successful attack was perpetrated by a lion pride on a roughly half-grown white rhinoceros, which weighed 1,055 kg, and occurred in Mala Mala Game Reserve, South Africa.
On a game drive out in the wild and you come across a mother with her calf feeding in peace you come to the conclusion that yes there is still hope for the survival of this species.