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… as the sun rises …
Sometimes …
… on a very hot day mammals are just not available for sightings on game drives. They hide in the shade of thick bush and are not visible at all.
At such times smaller creatures like spiders can provide beautiful material for wildlife photography.
On Sunday afternoon I took some guests on a drive down ‘spider alley’ and we observed these fascinating creatures waiting patiently for prey or devouring it.
Here are some of the pictures taken of Golden Orb Spiders, Garden Orb Spiders and Bark Spiders.
My guests enjoyed this special arachnid drive very much!
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Just beautiful!
A Kudu cow in high summer grass. I took this picture last night on Pakamisa.
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Colors
Red-spectrum sunsets are very beautiful, but sometime other interesting colors appear once the sun disappear behind the horizon. Enjoy your weekend!
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A special Cheetah operation!
Yesterday I was able to participate and photo-document a very special operation. A specialist surgeon operated on one of our male Cheetah to ‘re-build’ a torn ligament in the cat’s left leg.
During the procedure I was sitting in a good photo position behind the large carnivore and I was assigned an additional job. Every few minutes I had to tickle inside the Cheetah’s ear to see if there was any reaction like twitching or growling. That way the vet could judge if more drugs were needed to keep the cat asleep. A very special task not part of my usual job description!
Pictures:
1 – The Cheetah and I
2 – Waiting for the surgeon
3 – Pre-Op, asleep and ready for surgery
4 – X-Ray in the bush
5 – The surgery begins
6 – Post-Op, just before wake-up
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A Lucky Day
Yesterday was a very lucky day. I had two beautiful snake sightings and was able to take two good pictures.
The first sighting was a Spotted Bush Snake moving (hunting) up a staircase with an Nyala bull having a drink in the background.
The second sighting was a Puff Adder resting in the middle of the road gathering the warms from the road. I guided this one to safely of the road, so it would not get run over.
What a lucky, snakey day!
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Just Cute
Just cute and does not need a lot of text 😊
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Sunset
Tonight’s sunset at the Thanda Safari Mgankla waterhole. Just magic!
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The Rolling Hills of Zululand 😊
PS: The activities shown in the last Lion post: 1 – Flehmen 2 – Mating 3 – Yawning 4 – Roaring
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4 Face – 4 Activities
These are four faces of Lions performing four different activities. Do you know what they are doing?
(Answer in tomorrow’s post)
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