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King Eider, Seller's Eider, Spectacled Eider, Red-throated Loon and Pacific Loon are considered the "big five" of Barrow Alaska. Wildlife photographers travelling to Barrow hope to get good photos of each of these species. I just noticed that the Pacific Loon was the last of the "big five" I had not posted yet! So there you have it! More to come off course :)
Female leopard (Panthera pardus pardus)
Masai Mara National Reserve-Kenya 201`9
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Whirl takes a break from all that splashing to invite me to come 'play' - I think.
Panthera tigris altaica at the Brookfield Zoo.
We found this herd of Elephants while tracking African Wild Dogs.
Kwando, Botswana
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This photo is part of probably the most strange and in retrospect the most agonizing behavior that we have ever seen in a predator.
It had rained that morning and the safari had been very uneventful.
Suddenly our guide heard nagging and shouting from monkeys in the bush.
Quickly the cause of the theater was identified:
this leopard had authorized a vervet monkey baby, probably the mother had "lost" it in the excitement - vervet monkeys carry their offspring under their bellies, the babys cling to their mother.
Instead of killing the baby quickly, the cat played with him.
The cat occasionally let go of the little one, only to bully him again a short time later. She bit down just so hard that the monkey was not hurt. She took it in her mouth, as if she were transporting her own offspring.
The cat apparently used the tiny one as bait in the intention that one of the adults would become careless and start a "rescue operation".
We watched this spectacle for 30 minutes. None of the monkeys got cocky and we left the "crime scene", because we had to our bushflight.
The cat had not killed the monkey until then.Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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Lion yawning in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
All animals in Africa bite, but the safari bug is the worst.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
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Little Leopard having fun in his playroom.
Seronera, Serengeti, Tanzania
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Desert Elephant in the dry Huab river, Damaraland, Namibia
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Leopard in the very last light stalking a group of Impalas in Botswanas Okavango Delta.
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© Thomas Retterath 2016
We really had prime time with this female Leopard at Kwando Lagoon Camp, Botswana.
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It almost takes your breath away when you face him in the wild at such a short distance! We all stand spellbound in the safari jeep, nobody says a word, everyone is just impressed by the situation! Etosha, Namibia
Da bleibt einem fast der Atem stehen, wenn man ihm in der freien Wildbahn auf so kurze Distanz gegenüber steht! Wir stehen alle wie gebannt im Safari-Jeep, keiner sagt ein Wort, alle sind nur von der Situation beeindruckt! Etosha, Namibia
in the Khwai Private Reserve, Botswana
Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination.
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The leopardess emerged from the tall grass just as we drove past. It is extremely difficult to find these elusive cats in the wild, especially when you are in a large concession where wild animals roam freely.
Duba Plains, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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Big male Leopard in Kruger NP, South Africa on self drive safari.
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in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
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Nxai Pan
I played with my previously uploaded Picture, adding some dramatic sky, convert into b+w adding sepia tones. I hope u like it.
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South Luangwa NP,Zambia
Flashback 2015
All animals in Africa bite, but the safari bug is the worst.
I take pictures because I like it, not because I am good at it.
The world is like a book and those, who do not travel, only read the first page.
If you only visit 2 continents in your lifetime, visit Africa, twice.
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Leopard mum is checking this tree, before allowing her cubs to climb up.
Seronera, Serengeti, Tanzania
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An African Buffalo grazes in the Duba Plains Concession with a yellow-billed oxpecker on his back.
Duba Plains Concession, Okavango Delta, Botswana
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youtu.be/RIT8J6wRAxU Lions in Uganda are mainly found in Murchison falls National Park, Kidepo National Park and Queen Elizabeth National Park.
I saw these buffaloes with an Oxpecker in Lake Nakuru National Park in Kenya. On safari with AV Tours
African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer); the nature reserve Mara North Conservancy, Kenya, 30-09-2018.
The image was taken handheld from an open safari vehicle.
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Went back into the archives here. This is one from six years back.
South Luangwa National Park, Zambia
August, 2014
When I spotted a pride of lions in the grasslands of Masaimara, decided to wait for a while for the right moment instead of making some boring close up portraits. As anticipated, one of the lions decided to walk up the small hill and pose for me with golden light falling on his face and the blue sky in the back drop!
This photo has been selected by National Geography for Daily Dozen - and published on 13th December, 2016.