A lone hippo with attendant red billed oxpeckers, or tick birds, grazes near the edge of the Okavango Swamp in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve. This hippo has gashes on its side which are probably the result of a territorial fight with another hippo.
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A lone hippo with attendant red billed oxpeckers, or tick birds, grazes near the edge of the Okavango Swamp in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve. This hippo has gashes on its side which are probably the result of a territorial fight with another hippo.
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An elephant matriarch, or family head, looks menacing in a wooded area of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve as one of her offspring puts up its trunk.Moremi is the only area of the Okavango Delta accessible by motor vehicle
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A male Red Lechwe runs through shallow water on the edge of the Okavango Swamp in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.These water loving antelopes have splayed hooves, which are ideal for bounding through water and mud.They have shaggy chesnut red coats and fine lyre shaped horns.
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A magnificent Greater Kudu characterised by the side stripes on its grey-brown coat and double spiralled corkscrew horns, blends into its surroundings in a woodland area of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.
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A young male and female Greater Kudu blend into their surroundings in a woodland area of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi incorporates Chiefs Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans.
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A lone bull elephant looks menacing in a wooded area of the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi incorporates Chiefs Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans. Protecting the rich and diverse ecosystems of the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta.
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Zebra with a distinctive shadow stripe pattern drink at the edge of the Okavango swamp in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi is the only area of the Okavango Delta accessible by motor vehicle.
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Two white rhinos graze in the Lake Nakuru National Park under a threatening sky. A red-billed oxpecker clings to the neck of one of the rhinos.White rhinos are almost double the weight of black rhinos and are more docile. They are grazers rather than browsers so they do not compete for food with black rhinos.
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- A pride of lions in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi incorporates Chief's Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans. Protecting the rich and diverse ecosystems of the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta,Moremi is the only area accessible by motor vehicle in dry weather.
- A lioness keeps a careful eye on her cub in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi incorporates Chief's Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans. Protecting the rich and diverse ecosystems of the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta,Moremi is the only area accessible by motor vehicle in dry weather.
- A lioness and her two cubs pause on a shaded mound in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi incorporates Chief's Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans. Protecting the rich and diverse ecosystems of the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta,Moremi is the only area accessible by motor vehicle in dry weather.
- A lioness and her two cubs play on a shaded mound in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.Moremi incorporates Chief's Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans. Protecting the rich and diverse ecosystems of the central and eastern areas of the Okavango Delta,Moremi is the only area accessible by motor vehicle in dry weather.
- A Red billed Hornbill grubs for insects in the Moremi Wildlife Reserve.This friendly species spends much of its time feeding on the ground.Moremi incorporates Chiefs Island and was the first reserve in Africa to be created by indigenous Africans.
- A black rhino and calf in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park.A mother normally will drive away her offspring before a new birth. The interval between births is between two and five years. .
- A black rhino and calf in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Their skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows they frequent in the bright red soil of the area.Rhino offspring suckle for up to a year and only begin to take water after 4 to 5 months.
- A black rhino in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park. Its skin colour is the result of the mud-wallows it frequents in the bright red soil of the area.A red-billed oxpecker (Buphagus erythorhynchus) or 'tick bird' perches on the animal's back. As its name implies,it feeds on ticks and blood-sucking flies while keeping wounds on the host animal open.