I love sitting with relaxed Leopards and observe these beautiful creatures observing me 😊
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RELAXED
RARE AND PRICKLY
On the way back from a ‘Pakamisa Birding Weekend Owl spotting night drive’ we encountered this African brush-tailed Porcupine and its mate. It was quite relaxed and posed for a few pictures in the spotlight which is unusual for these prickly rodents. Its partner disappeared very quickly into the bush 😊
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AFTERNOON SUN
It is a pure pleasure to watch a herd of Elephants in the late afternoon sun. The Thanda Safari guests enjoyed this encounter with the some of our gentle giants very much.
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MOON AND GIRAFFE
On the way home from yesterday evening’s game drive I took this image of a Giraffe silhouette in front of the moon. Twilight mood on Thanda!
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PERFECT …
… ripples in the water were create by this Lioness having a drink. Have a good weekend!
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WILDLIFE & WHISKEY WEEKEND
Good evening.
I thought some of you might be interested in the upcoming Wildlife & Whiskey Weekend on Thanda Safari.
For more info or bookings please contact reservations@thanda.co.za or call +27325860149.
🦁 & 🥃
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TAKE-OFF
I love Kingfishers and I recently took these pictures of a Woodland Kingfisher at Thanda Safari.
FYI: We have an exciting Birding Weekend coming up in April. If you are interested to come and do some birding and bird photography at Thanda then please contact reservations@thanda.co.za.
I will be there all weekend to answer wildlife and bird photography related questions and to give photography lessons.
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A ROUGH AFFAIR
For Lions mating is a somewhat rough affair.
Frist, the male’s penis is barbed which cannot be fun for the female.
Second, at the end of most copulations the lady gives the gentleman a good smack in the face with her clawed paw.
And third, they mate for a few days running – in average every 20 to 30 minutes – until they are both completely exhausted and very hungry.
And during all this time the male has to make sure that no other male gets close to them and that his lady does not move to close to another admirer.
A Lion’s life, a rough life!
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THANDA SAFARI BIRDING WEEKEND
Good morning
I thought some of you might be interested in the upcoming birding weekend on Thanda Safari.
For more info or bookings please contact reservations@thanda.co.za or call +27325860149.
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JUST A BIT CLOSER
… to the sun.
Even if it meant climbing on top of another Terrapin who was sun-bathing itself 😊
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