These are three of my favorite Thanda sunset shots. Have a good evening. Stay safe!
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Today: Impalas
Impalas are the most common antelope on Thanda Safari. They always look immaculate because they practice allo-grooming. This means that they groom each other with their special comb like teeth in places they cannot reach themselves.
Male and female look very similar except that the males are larger and have horns. We are currently in the rutting season when males fight for their mating rights. During that time they also make incredible loud grunting noises to get ride of rivals and – I assume 😊 – to attract the ladies.
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Today’s evening light was just perfect for close-ups and scenery shots. Enjoy them and stay safe!
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Today: Nyala
Nyalas are predominately browsers which means they mainly eat leaves of trees. They are the most sexually dimorph antelopes on Thanda Safari. Once grown into adulthood the male changes its color from red-brown to grey. Female and male look so different from one another that it is hard to believe they are of the same species.
And the males usually do not fight with their horns, as most other antelope species do, but perform a slow walk with back arched and their white hairs standing up – almost a dance – around one another. I have never been able to determine why one of the two ‘dancers’ is the looser and the other the winner.
But as they often both mate with females after such dances it probably does not really matter 😊 Have a good day and stay safe.
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Today: Greater Kudu
On safari we talk a lot about the big five and most of the pictures we post are about them. In the next few days’ morning posts I would like to introduce all of Thanda Safari’s antelope species to you. From large to small and common to rare. So here we go.
Let’s start with largest of them, the *Greater Kudu*. A male can get up to 340kg (750lbs) and a shoulder height of 1.55m (5′). They love higher altitudes and thicker bush and will even stand on their back legs alone to reach up to get the very bitter new leaves of a Mountain Aloe. There main predators are Lions.
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LOCK DOWN PHOTOGRAPHIC SAFARI XXXXIII
I had planned to take some pictures of the moon rising and I had picked a good spot at Mgankla dam on the edge of the Thanda Safari savanna.
As the moon rose I was all set up with tripods, cameras and wide angle lenses, and I was busy taking pictures when close-by two male Lions engaged in a roaring bush duet.
I packed up my gear and found them after a few minutes in a sickle-bush area. This is a slide show with their duet as the sound track. Enjoy your evening and stay safe!
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A White Rhino bull was posing on the Thanda Safari savanna in front of the Lebombo Mountains.
This mountain chain stretches from South of Thanda for 800 km (500 miles) all the way to the Limpopo province in the North. The famous Ghost Mountain near Mkuze is part of the Lebombos.
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With this picture of a Thanda Lioness and her cub I wish my mum and all the mothers around the world a very Happy Mother’s Day.
May all of you have a good day and stay well!
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I forgot to give the answer to my question posted on Thursday. So here it is now 😊
The question was which picture corresponds to which of the Lions’ actions, so here is the answer.
2 Roaring …
1 Yawning …
4 Loving …
3 Scratching …
5 Growling …
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Two Elephant bulls arrived while I was out to watch birds coming to the waterhole for their morning drinks. The DSLR with the long lens got a rest and I recorded this video with my iPhone.
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