I love wild cat photography – and this is one of my favorite Leopard shots I took on Thanda Safari – Enjoy your weekend, stay home and stay safe’
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Today I had to go on a food shopping town trip and had no time for a game drive.
But I thought you might enjoy this short isiZulu lesson from my tracker Bheki which I recorded a while ago. Bheki and I have been working together for the last 7.5 years and he has been demonstrating the special clicking sounds of the Zulu language (c, x and q) many times to our Thanda Safari guests.
Today he is demonstrating them for you! Since the beginning of the South African National Lock Down Bheki is at home with his family. I miss the game drives with my favorite wing-man!
Have a good evening, stay home and stay safe!
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As I looked down the road ahead during yesterday’s game drive I got this interesting shot of a large male Giraffe.
Have a good weekend, stay home and stay safe!
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It was a beautiful morning after two days of rain.
You might like this combined Youtube video and slide show (link above) which takes you on a four minute drive on Thanda Safari – Enjoy it!
And please have a look at more Thanda Safari Lock Down videos with Thanda Guides Gerhard, Mike, Martin and Vincent at http://thandatales.co.za/virtual-tours/videos/
Stay dry (around here), stay home and stay safe!
PS: Check out my lock-down site for kiddies – with a new animal pictures every day! http://www.wildlife4kids.com
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Elephants are most impressive. A fully grown adult male will weight around 6,000kg (13,000lbs). The largest recorded specimen (in Angola 1956) was about 11,000kg (24,000lbs).
But for me the most impressive side is their intelligence. Whenever I meet them on Safari their behavior in such encounters sets them apart from all other mammals (with the exception of Primates). They are far less predictable than any other species and therefore have to be treated with a lot of respect and caution.
I met this beautiful specimen a few years ago in Namibia. And I will probably not surprise you when I tell you that I respectfully withdrew from his path 😊
Enjoy your day, stay home and stay safe!
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We had 40mm rain last night 😊 and the roads on the reserve are still very wet and many of them are not drive-able until they have dried up. So this evening I am not going out on drive and therefore there will be no new material today.
But I thought you might enjoy the small Warthog video I recorded yesterday morning. The pig enjoyed a good scratch after its mud bath.
For a bit of a laugh – Stay home and stay safe!
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This Wattled Lapwing caught a Grasshopper. But the insect was too big for the bird to eat so, after it was abandoned, a Terrapin moved in and got a free meal 😊
Stay home and stay safe!
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I spent this morning on the savanna and a nearby waterhole.
It was a beautiful morning and I got some good shots of small and large creatures 😊
This is a short video slideshow with the images.
Enjoy them, stay home and stay safe!
For the complete video go to https://youtu.be/sRVoehLYDHk
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These two juvenile Lions are part of a group of six youngsters (3 females and 3 males) which have formed a new pride structure in the western part of the reserve.
Their mothers have separated themselves because they are either pregnant or have already given birth to new litters.
The two dominant males on the Thanda are not related to these youngsters. It is therefore in these young Lions’ interest – especially the males – to stay out of the way of the male coalition.
The only real constant in Lions’ family structures is the constant change!
Stay home and stay safe.
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As for so many of my friends around world this weekend is very special I thought I share one of my favorite songs accompanied by some of my favorite animal portraits with you. I hope you enjoy this special ‘safari of the eyes’.
Stay home and stay safe.
