COOLING SYSTEM

The most important function of the huge Elephants’ ears is that of a cooling system. Pumping large amounts of blood through the ear’s many blood vessels, while waving the ears back and forth, helps these large creatures to stay cool 😎

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JUST BORN

This Wildebeest calf was born a few minutes before we arrived on this scene and it started running following mum a few minutes later.

Nature is amazing!

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ON THE MOVE

These young bulls were on the move after a refreshing mud bath. The walked by my vehicle in perfect iPhone photography distance 😊

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Silhouette

This morning on my way to work 😊 A long neck is excellent for silhouette pictures!

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Too much to eat!

This young Lion had eaten a bit too much on Christmas Day and tried to find a comfortable position to sleep with his full stomach. I had a similar problem 😊

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RELAXING

This is the view from the waterhole-deck at Thanda Safari’s Villa iZulu – While my guests were relaxing while watching the wildlife come and go a few Cape Buffalo bulls were also relaxing around the water.

IN BRIGHT DAYLIGHT

Yesterday afternoon: My first Leopard sighting for a long time. He was quite relaxed and walked in front of us in bright daylight.

My guests were thrilled and so was I 😊

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PIGLET SEASON

These little ones look very funny when they move in a passel (the collective noun for pigs). As I came home yesterday evening I took this short iphone video of a ‘pig family in a hurry’.

Enjoy your weekend 😊

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