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A portrait of Makepisi male leopard, captured during our intense four-day photographic safari in the Motswari Private Nature Reserve in Greater Kruger National Park, Mpumalanga province, South Africa.
Makepisi was the first of three unique leopards we encountered during four separate leopard sightings.
Leopards are notoriously elusive, and this particular sighting was our second sighting of Makepisi. It was nearly 48 hours after our first sighting, and we found him very close to the termite mound on which we found him during our first drive.
He was a very robust and muscular tough Lion...but was very lazy lad as an Impala crossed in front of him just a few meters ahead of him,he just flexed his muscles but did nothing just stared as he is doing right now..The light was a bit harsh..!!!!!
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A young elephant joyfully splashes through a muddy waterhole while adult members of the herd enjoy a cooling bath. This playful moment reflects the social complexity and spirited behavior of elephants in their natural Namibian habitat.
During our safari in Kenya we saw several lion families with cubs. But these young cubs in the Masaai Mara were by far the cutest, so no wonder that their mother was very happy to show them off. Unfortunately they were accompanied by a young male that, according to our guide, was probably not their father. He was very interested in the female, which didn't seem to be amused and reacted aggressively. Since male lions have the cruel habit to kill offspring of their competitors before mating, we felt rather worried for the little cubs. When we left the Mara a few days later, they were still safe and sound, and we just don't want to think of any possible tragedies that could have happened afterwards...
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A yearling lion cub approaches the jeep in Tanzania's Serengeti National Park. The cub is not alone. She and her pride are walking along the river bank in the early morning light. As a female, she will enjoy the company of her pride throughout her life. It is rare for female lions to leave their birth pride. Life won't be easy, however. She will have to learn to hunt. Though males are larger and more powerful, females tend to be faster and are not as easily fatigued and overheated. Again, I am amazed at the size of her feet! #ILoveWildlife #ILoveLions #ILoveAfrica #WildlifePhotography in #Tanzania #Wildlife #Lions #Cats #BigFive
There's nobody else around, so you must be talkin' to me. A leopard rests in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve, part of the Greater Kruger Park, South Africa
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White Rhino. White and Black Rhino are both the same color. The names are misnomers. There are two species of rhinos. One species are grazers that eat grasses and ground plants. The other are browsers that eat leaves from trees and bushes. The grazers have a broad face with a wide mouth to take in as much grass as possible.The browsers have a narrow pointed face in order to reach between the branches of bushes to get to the leaves. The name given to the grazers, White Rhino, is actually a corruption of the Dutch word for "wide." To distinguish the two, the browser species became known as Black Rhinos.
Photos from my trip to Zambia. For USE, PURCHASE or any ENQURIES of these pictures, please CONTACT me at daneickephotography@hotmail.co.uk - All Photos are available to buy at snapping prices email me for more details. All photos taken with Cannon 70D
This image was taken in a wild life reserve near Pietermaritzburg Natal South Africa.I believe the animal is from the family of white lions originaly from the Timbavati reserve.
A Cape Buffalo lifts its head to catch our conversation. Although they somewhat resemble ordinary cattle, they are extremely dangerous, having earned the moniker, Black Death, for killing more big game hunters than any other African animal.
African Lion (female). After the waterbuck foiled their attack, the lionesses turned their attention to a herd of Impala.
South Africa.
Kruger Park.
Game drive in an open jeep.
Close encounter with an elephant.
The Elephant is the world's largest land mammal, and weighs up to 7 tonnes and reaches heights of 3.3 m at the shoulder. Elephants can live to a potential age of 70 years. The massive tusks of older bulls can weigh up to 50 or 60 kilograms, but tusks weighing up to 90 kilograms have been recorded.
African Elephant. The African elephant is one of "The Big Five," the five animals considered the most dangerous and difficult to hunt. The others are the Cape Buffalo, rhino, lion and leopard
This was in Masai Mara at noon,saw a pride of more than eight and all were hungry and concentrating on some Impalas around.Here we can see their intensity of concentration.
African Elephant. Elephants at the Sabie River. The African elephant is one of "The Big Five," the five animals considered the most dangerous and difficult to hunt. The others are the Cape Buffalo, rhino, lion and leopard.
African buffalo or Cape buffalo (Syncerus caffer) , bovine, mammal, one of the "big five" African game, it is known as "the Black Death" or "widowmaker", and is widely regarded as a very dangerous animal. Due to its unpredictable temperament it has never been domesticated.
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The now dominant male Leopard of the Sabi Sands area.
He has gone from immature upstart to dominant male in in the last six months, mating with the existing females and driving out previous alpha male Mafufunyana.
His territory is very close to the game lodge and we came across him high in a tree with a Kudu spreadeagled across a neighbouring branch. A Kudu is a large antelope, much bigger than an impala and Tyson had carried it up into a tree larger than most two storey houses.
I nearly didn't upload this one, the focus isn't perfect and the face obscured but to me this defines Leopard - silently hiding in the undergrowth of the bush, powerful menace ready to leap out and kill at a moment's notice.
This guy is big. Lean and aglie like your house cat but larger than a big dog and muscular as a martial arts expert.
If a cheetah is built for speed and a Lion is built for raw power, the Leopard combines both but also with agility and grace.
Easily the most beautiful of the big cats.