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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.
Another one of the Big 5, this Cape buffalo was a little bit shy. We had some very good views of buffalo during the week, so more pics to come. I like the way the late afternoon light picks up the detail in the massive horns.
Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.
Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.
Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.
Los leopardos cazan preferentemente por la noche y acostumbran a pasar el dÃa durmiendo entre la vegetación, en cuevas de otros animales o, a menudo, sobre la rama de un árbol al que trepan con agilidad a pesar del tamaño que poseen. Por lo general suelen evitar en lo posible la presencia del ser humano debido al temor que les infunde.
Para el leopardo, el árbol es a la vez donde descansa, desde donde visualiza y caza a su presa y donde almacena su comida. Desde lo alto del árbol, el leopardo puede tender una emboscada a sus presas y también dejar la comida fuera del alcance de algunos carroñeros.
South Africa.
Hluhluwe Game Reserve. Hluhluwe is pronounced something like "Shluh-shloo-ee".
KwaZulu-Natal
The white rhinoceros or square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is the largest extant species of rhinoceros. It has a wide mouth used for grazing and is the most social of all rhino species. The white rhinoceros consists of two subspecies: the southern white rhinoceros, with an estimated 20,405 wild-living animals in 2013, and the much rarer northern white rhinoceros. The northern subspecies has very few remaining, with only four confirmed individuals left (three females and one male), all in captivity.
A popular theory of the origins of the name "white rhinoceros" is a mistranslation from Dutch to English. The English word "white" is said to have been derived by mistranslation of the Dutch word "wijd", which means "wide" in English. The word "wide" refers to the width of the rhinoceros' mouth. So early English-speaking settlers in South Africa misinterpreted the "wijd" for "white" and the rhino with the wide mouth ended up being called the white rhino and the other one, with the narrow pointed mouth, was called the black rhinoceros. Ironically, Dutch (and Afrikaans) later used a calque of the English word, and now also call it a white rhino.
Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.
Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.
Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.
Black baby rhino .... a bird riding on its back...and one approaching it on the ground near right foot.
See a lot of heat wave in the background,which gave us a tough time on exposure and sharpness.
Sri Lanka's Big Five - Blue Whale, Asian Elephant, Sperm Whale, Leopard and Sloth Bear.
Outside the continent of Africa, the tiny island of Sri Lanka is the next best for Big Game Safaris.
Jetwing Eco Holidays are the first Sri Lankan tour operator to run 'The Big Five Tour'. Visit www.jetwingeco.com and click on the 'tours' page for more information on the Sri Lanka Big Five Tour.
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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A single lioness climbs up the trunk towards a large group, or pride of lions, silhouetted in the branches of a tree - the big cats of the Big Five in the shade from the sun and flies but able to look out in Serengeti National Park, just one of the national park wildlife environments replete with numerous wild animals in Tanzania, Africa