Category: rats

Most people will ask what my excitement is all about when they see this picture.

In my 24 years of photographing wildlife in Southern Africa this is the first time that I was able to take pictures of Greater Cane Rats.

As I drove from my home to Thanda Safari’s base camp a family of these normally nocturnal and very shy creatures ran into the road in front of my car. There were three adults and three pups. Two of them immediately ran into the bushes on the left side of the road, but mum and her little ones were contemplating which side of the road to run to safety.

I used this moment of indecision to get this picture through the windscreen of my car. It is the only Greater Cane Rate image I have ever taken!

Technical data: Canon R6 with RF lens f4-6.3/24-240mm | ISO 100 | 1/750sec | f6.7 | ev-1 | 180mm | WB 6500K | AV Mode

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